Joan Crawford in Film Noir

The Actress as Auteur

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de David Meuel

Type

Biographies

Sujet

Actor > Joan Crawford

Mots Clés

Joan Crawford, actress, film noir

Année d'édition

2024

Editeur

McFarland & Co

Collection

Film Noir

Langue

anglais

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Format

Paperback • 225 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4766-9147-3

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Description de l'ouvrage:
Joan Crawford’s contribution to film noir during the 1940s and 1950s, though rarely discussed in its totality, is one of her most impressive and far-reaching career achievements. Several of her noir and noir-tinged efforts contain arguably her best acting work, and all bear her personal stamp. These aren’t conventional film noirs, they are Joan Crawford noirs: highly distinctive films that extended the boundaries of noir content and brought added depth and dimension to the noir style. Unlike most actors who routinely adapted to the needs of particular film projects and directors, she approached each film, first and foremost, as a Joan Crawford vehicle, often exerting great control over multiple production functions and at times operating as a de facto producer.

Examining these films as a collective and relatively cohesive body of work, this book highlights what Crawford aspired to achieve in her art, how—when the circumstances were right—she could deliver superb results, how she helped expand the possibilities for noir, and why the best of her efforts speak across the decades with such intensity and authority.

À propos de l'auteur :
The author of multiple books on film history, David Meuel has also published two books of poems, more than two dozen short stories, and hundreds of articles on subjects ranging from U.S. national parks to high technology. He lives in Gig Harbor, Washington.

Revue de Presse:
• "This focused study will interest readers looking for a deep dive into this specific era of Crawford’s career or surveys of the ways classic Hollywood films mingling noir and melodrama depicted women."—Library Journal

• "Well structured, clearly written … a scholarly critical evaluation of Crawford’s work and place in Hollywood history"—Booklist

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