Diana Dors : : Film Star and Actor / / Martin Shingler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2022
• VerfasserIn: Shingler, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: International Film Stars : IFS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.) :; 12 B/W illustrations 12 B&W images

Examines Diana Dors’ film career, acting method, star image and enduring celebrityTraces the development of Dors’ film acting across five decades and a range of genresEmphasises the international nature of Dors’ stardom and film workCelebrates Dors’ achievements as a film actor with close textual analysis of her performances rather than dwelling on her personal life, publicity stunts and tabloid news coverageDiana Dors became one of Britain’s most successful sex symbols in the 1950s and remained a major celebrity until her death in 1984. This book examines both her acting method and her celebrity. It provides a detailed analysis of Dors’ performance in a number of her films from across different periods of her career, investigating her versatility by paying close attention to her voice, facial expressions and looks, body poses and gestures in specific moments from her movies. It also discusses the performance of gender and age, as well as considering her later role as a gay icon.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part one Stardom and celebrity -- 1 Bright (1946–9) -- 2 Blonde (1950–6) -- 3 Bold (July to November 1956) -- 4 Brazen (1956–85) -- Part two Acting and performance -- 5 Pseudo-star acting in Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953) -- 6 A marriage of method and style in The Unholy Wife (1957) -- 7 Exploiting her nascent has-been status in Berserk! (1967) -- 8 Popping in and out as a virtuosic guest star in The Pied Piper (1972) -- 9 Perfect when poised in Steaming (1985) -- Conclusion A dubiously Dorsian conclusion -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index