Acting in the cinema

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Acting in the cinema

James Naremore

University of California Press, 1990, c1988

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"First paperback printing 1990"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. 287-293

Includes index

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In this richly detailed study, James Naremore focuses on the work of film acting, showing what players contribute to movies. Ranging from the earliest short subjects of Charles Chaplin to the contemporary features of Robert DeNiro, he develops a useful means of analyzing performance in the age of mechanical reproduction; at the same time, he reveals the ideological implications behind various approaches to acting, and suggests ways that behavior on the screen can be linked to the presentation of self in society. Naremore's discussion of such figures as Lillian Gish, Marlene Dietrich, James Cagney, and Cary Grant will interest the specialist and the general reader alike, helping to establish standards and methods for future writing about performers and their craft.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1 Introduction PART ONE Performance in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 2 Protocols The Performance Frame What Is Acting? The Actor and the Audience 3 Rhetoric and Expressive Technique 4 Expressive Coherence and Performance within Performance 5 Accessories Expressive Objects Costume Makeup PART TWO Star Performances 6 Lillian Gish in True Heart Susie (1919) 7 Charles Chaplin In The Gold Rush (1925) 8 Marlene Dietrich in Morocco (1930) 9 James Cagney in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) 10 Katharine Hepburn in Holiday (1938) 11 Marlon Brando In On the Waterfront (1954) 12 Cary Grant in North by Northwest (1959) PART THREE Film as a Performance Text 13 Rear Window (1954) 14 The King of Comedy (1983) Selected Bibliography Index

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