Ida Lupino

Multifaceted performer and cinematic pioneer

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by Gillian Kelly

Type

Biographies

Subject

Director > Ida Lupino

Keywords

Ida Lupino, director, actress

Publishing date

2025 (July 22, 2025)

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 280 pages
5 ½ x 8 ½ inches (14 x 21.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-5261-6113-0

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Book Presentation:
This book contributes to a welcome new wave focusing on the importance of female filmmakers, providing a reappraisal of Ida Lupino, a cinematic figure of significant importance. Given her ability to move between popular and independent cinemas and her status as both a Hollywood star and director/writer/producer of socially relevant films overlooked by the mainstream, Lupino is a particularly interesting case study. Employing a range of critical approaches, including feminist theory, auteur theory and critical theory, this book investigates key themes and motifs that developed across Lupino’s unusual and unique career as one of the most significant female players in film history. Investigating her oeuvre as actress, director, writer and producer, it discusses Lupino as a complex and important filmmaker whose career, on both sides of the camera, requires substantially more critical attention than it has been awarded thus far.

About the Author:
Gillian Kelly is an independent scholar

See the publisher website: Manchester University Press

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