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Idols of the odeons : post-war British film stardom / Andrew Roberts.

Van Pelt Library PN1998.2 .R63 2020
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Roberts, Andrew, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Motion picture actors and actresses--Great Britain--Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Motion picture industry.
History.
Great Britain.
Motion picture industry--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
x, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Senior leads: Meet the chaps
Jack Hawkins: `Stand by, number one'
John Mills: `Do push off, there's a good chap'
Kenneth More: Hawling like a brooligan
Younger leading men
Stanley Baker: The British Brando?
Laurence Harvey: The talented Mr Skikne
Leading ladies
Sylvia Syms: Never your typical `nice blonde'
The one and only Diana Dors: Britain's `bad blonde'
The comics
Norman Wisdom: `Mr Grimsdale!'
Terry-Thomas and Leslie Phillips: A tale of two cads
Ladies and gentlemen of character
Sidney James: Jo'burg's favourite cockney
James Robertson Justice: `What's the bleeding time?'
Margaret Rutherford: Not to be crossed
Hattie Jacques: Matron and mistress of misrule
The art of screen acting
Peter Finch: The `actor's actor?'
Peter Sellers: `There used to be a me but I had him surgically removed'.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
Other Format:
Ebook version :
ISBN:
9781526147035
1526147033
OCLC:
1120099278

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