Women in Film: Expressions, Ideas
John Berger, Ways of Seeing In painting, literature, advertising, journalism, and TV: “The essential way of seeing woman, the essential use to which their images are put, has not changed. Women are depicted in a quite different way from men–not because the feminine is different from the masculine–but because the “ideal” spectator is always assumed […]
Movie Stars: America’s Democratic Elite–Theory and Research
The goal of my book is to assess the significance of movie stardom as a persistent, long-enduring cultural phenomenon by analyzing the multiple functions and power of movie stars, in the film industry and outside, at the society at large.
George Cukor: Hollywood’s Best Actor Director–Lansbury, Angela (Gaslight)
Angela Lansbury’s stunning debut in Gaslight certified her talent and honored her, at the age of 18, with the first of her four Academy Award nominations.
George Cukor: Hollywood’s Best Actor Director–Bergman, Ingrid (Gaslight)
In later years, Cukor recalled his first impression of Hepburn: “She had somewhat irritating qualities. She was high-brow and very self-assured. She had audacity.” “She was rather smart-assed and very hoyty-toyty,” Cukor told of Hepburn’s early years, “and she acted as if we were all ignoramus.”
George Cukor: Hollywood’s Best Actor Director–Hayworth, Rita (Susan and God)
George Cukor was without a doubt Hollywood’s best actor director–Joseph L. Mankiewicz, director of All About Eve My work really begins and ends through the actors, the more successfully you work through the actors, the more your own work disappears–George Cukor Rita Hayworth: George Cukor was also instrumental in launching the careers of many Hollywood […]
George Cukor: Hollywood’s Best Actor Director–Katharine Hepburn
In later years, Cukor recalled his first impression of Hepburn: “She had somewhat irritating qualities. She was high-brow and very self-assured. She had audacity.” “She was rather smart-assed and very hoyty-toyty,” Cukor told of Hepburn’s early years, “and she acted as if we were all ignoramus.”
George Cukor: Hollywood’s Best Actor Director–Bette Davis
George Cukor was without a doubt Hollywood’s best actor director–Joseph L. Mankiewicz, director of All About Eve My work really begins and ends through the actors, the more successfully you work through the actors, the more your own work disappears–George Cukor Because of his great distinction as a filmmaker, George Cukor’s earlier theatrical work has […]
George Cukor: Hollywood’s Best Actor Director–Jane Fonda
George Cukor was without a doubt Hollywood’s best actor director–Joseph L. Mankiewicz, director of All About Eve My work really begins and ends through the actors, the more successfully you work through the actors, the more your own work disappears–George Cukor From the very beginning, Cukor had a wonderful eye for detecting acting talent, which […]
Film Education: Teaching Cinema–Students
In this global digital age, the story of American cinema (Hollywood) must become a conversation with the entire world, not a congratulatory monologue with ourselves.
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Women in Film: Select Biblio
Research in Progress (March 30, 2021) Cole, Jonathan R. Fair Science: Women in the Scientific Community. Free Press, 1979. De Lauretis, Teresa (ed) Feminist Studies–Critical Studies. (Theories of Contemporary Culture Series). Indiana Univ Press, paper. De Lauretis, Teresa. Alice Doesn’t: Feminism, Semiotics, Cinema. Indiana Univ Press, 1984. Drake, William. The First Wave: Women Poets in […]