Diana Dors : : Film Star and Actor / / Martin Shingler.
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 an...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International Film Stars : IFS
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) :; 12 B/W illustrations 12 B&W images |
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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