Peter Lorre: Face Maker : : Constructing Stardom and Performance in Hollywood and Europe /

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Thomas, Sarah,
Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Film Europa ; 12
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Physical Description:1 online resource (222 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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