| Description |
1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations |
| Series |
Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series |
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Contemporary approaches to film and media series.
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| Contents |
Introduction: "The Girl in the Portrait" -- Interpreting Star Images and Subjectivities -- Hollywood and the U.S. Home Front in the 1940s -- Gene Tierney's Star Buildup and Her "First Modern Role" -- 1. Working It: Beautification and War Effort -- Gene Tierney Goes to War: Thunder Birds and China Girl -- Office Politics: The Making of Laura and Tierney's Image Makeover -- Laura as War(drobe) Film: Bonnie Cashin's Costumes -- Coda: A Bell for Adano -- 2. Women on the Edge: Demobilization and Domesticity -- The Dark Side of the Moon: Leave Her to Heaven -- Gene & Ty: The Razor's Edge and That Wonderful Urge -- 3. The Front Lines of Life and Death: Motherhood and Mortality -- Boom Years: The U.S. Maternal Ideal and Gene Tierney as Star Mother -- The Redemptive Maternal: Heaven Can Wait -- Maternal Plentitude: Dragonwyck -- The Resisting Maternal: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir -- 4. Into the Whirlpool: Psychological Disorder and Rehabilitation -- Gene Tierney Reframed: Publicity and Press Commentary -- Playacting and Sleepwalking: Whirlpool -- Conclusion: The Reproducible Gene Tierney |
| Summary |
Hollywood's Gene Tierney, the lasting impact of her wartime and postwar films, and her continuing legacy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 27, 2022) |
| Subject |
Tierney, Gene.
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| SUBJECT |
Tierney, Gene fast |
| Subject |
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
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Motion picture actors and actresses
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814348222 |
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081434822X |
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