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Peter Lorre, face maker : stardom and performance between Hollywood and Europe / Sarah Thomas.
LIBRA PN2287.L65 T46 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, Sarah (Sarah A.)
- Series:
- Film Europa
- Film Europa: German cinema in an international context
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lorre, Peter--Criticism and interpretation.
- Lorre, Peter.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
- Summary:
- Thomas (film studies, Aberystwyth U., Wales) analyzes the career of Hungarian-born actor Lorre (1904-64) in Europe and in Hollywood during the 1930s after he fled Germany. She discusses him on the European stage (1922-31); in M (Fritz Lang, and Hans Beckert 1931), his leading roles in the United States (1935-41), his roles as a supporting actor (1941-46), in Der Verlorene (1951), his final screen roles (1954-64), and in alternative Hollywood media contexts. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Lorre and the European stage (1922-1931)
- M, Fritz Lang and Hans Beckert
- The Hollywood leading roles (1935-1941)
- The supporting actor (1941-1946)
- Der Verlorene (The lost one)
- The final screen roles (1954-1964)
- Alternative 'Hollywood' media contexts
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780857454416
- 0857454412
- 9780857454423
- 0857454420
- OCLC:
- 759912339
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