Peter Lorre: Face Maker : : Constructing Stardom and Performance in Hollywood and Europe / / Sarah Thomas.
Peter Lorre described himself as merely a ‘face maker’. His own negative attitude also characterizes traditional perspectives which position Lorre as a tragic figure within film history: the promising European artist reduced to a Hollywood gimmick, unable to escape the murderous image of his role in...
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 LORRE AND THE EUROPEAN STAGE (1922–1931) -- Chapter 2 M, FRITZ LANG AND HANS BECKERT (1931) -- Chapter 3 THE HOLLYWOOD LEADING ROLES (1935–1941) -- Chapter 4 THE SUPPORTING ACTOR (1941–1946) -- Chapter 5 DER VERLORENE (THE LOST ONE) (1951) -- Chapter 6 THE FINAL SCREEN ROLES (1954–1964) -- Chapter 7 ALTERNATIVE ‘HOLLYWOOD’ MEDIA CONTEXTS -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 LORRE AND THE EUROPEAN STAGE (1922–1931) -- Chapter 2 M, FRITZ LANG AND HANS BECKERT (1931) -- Chapter 3 THE HOLLYWOOD LEADING ROLES (1935–1941) -- Chapter 4 THE SUPPORTING ACTOR (1941–1946) -- Chapter 5 DER VERLORENE (THE LOST ONE) (1951) -- Chapter 6 THE FINAL SCREEN ROLES (1954–1964) -- Chapter 7 ALTERNATIVE ‘HOLLYWOOD’ MEDIA CONTEXTS -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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