Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema / Phil Powrie with Eric Rebillard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powrie, Phil.

Contributor:

Rebillard, Éric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Batcheff, Pierre, 1901-1932.

Batcheff, Pierre.

Motion picture actors and actresses--France.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Silent films--France--History and criticism.

Silent films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first major study of a French silent cinema star. It focuses on Pierre Batcheff, a prominent popular cinema star in the 1920's, the French Valentino, best-known to modern audiences for his role as the protagonist of the avant-garde film classic Un chien andalou. Unlike other stars, he was linked to intellectual circles, especially the Surrealists. The book places Batcheff in the context of 1920's popular cinema, with specific reference to male stars of the period. It analyses the tensions he exemplifies between the 'popular' and the 'intellectual' during the 1920's, as cinema

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; CHAPTER 1 A short life; CHAPTER 2 Stardom in the 1920's; CHAPTER 3 Beginnings; CHAPTER 4 Historical reconstructions; CHAPTER 5 The lover; CHAPTER 6 Comedy: Les Deux Timides (December 1928); CHAPTER 7 Parody and the avant-garde: Un Chien andalou (June 1929); CHAPTER 8 Un Chien andalou: Parodying Stardom; CHAPTER 9 Looking back; CHAPTER 10 Conclusion: uncanny bodies; Appendices; Filmography; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-248) and index.

Includes filmography.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612059032

9780748651191

0748651195

9781282059030

1282059033

9780748629602

0748629602

OCLC:

476252547