Hitchcock's Stars : Alfred Hitchcock and the Hollywood Studio System.

By:

Coffin, Lesley L

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9781442230781

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hitchcock's StarsLOC classification:

PN1998.3.H58 -- .C58 2014eb

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Hitchcock's Livestock -- Chapter 1: Rebecca -- Chapter 2: Foreign Correspondent -- Chapter 3: Mr. and Mrs. Smith -- Chapter 4: Suspicion -- Chapter 5: Saboteur -- Chapter 6: Shadow of a Doubt -- Chapter 7: Lifeboat -- Chapter 8: Spellbound -- Chapter 9: Notorious -- Chapter 10: The Paradine Case -- Chapter 11: Rope -- Chapter 12: Under Capricorn -- Chapter 13: Stage Fright -- Chapter 14: Strangers on a Train -- Chapter 15: I Confess -- Chapter 16: Dial M for Murder -- Chapter 17: Rear Window -- Chapter 18: To Catch a Thief -- Chapter 19: The Trouble with Harry -- Chapter 20: The Man Who Knew Too Much -- Chapter 21: The Wrong Man -- Chapter 22: Vertigo -- Chapter 23: North by Northwest -- Chapter 24: Psycho -- Chapter 25: The Birds -- Chapter 26: Marnie -- Chapter 27: Torn Curtain -- Chapter 28: Family Plot -- Conclusion: Hitchcock's Influence -- Notes -- Filmography -- About the Author.

Summary: After making a name for himself in his native England, Alfred Hitchcock was drawn to the U.S. in 1939, where he had unprecedented access to all of the riches the Hollywood studios had to offer. From set designers to cinematographers, Hitchcock could draw from the elite personnel behind the camera. But his choice of on-screen talent was an even greater boon to the director. In this book, the author shows how the director's keen sense of business, showmanship, and artistry helped him make the most of Hollywood's most valuable resource, the star system. Chronicling Hitchcock's twenty-eight pictures within the Hollywood system, the author examines how his use of stars evolved, and how his status in the industry eventually allowed him to create new stars, change their images, and turn them into film icons. Hitchcock's Stars is a chronological study of Hitchcock's Hollywood films (from Rebecca in 1940 to his final film Family Plot) and the innovative approach he took to casting films.

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After making a name for himself in his native England, Alfred Hitchcock was drawn to the U.S. in 1939, where he had unprecedented access to all of the riches the Hollywood studios had to offer. From set designers to cinematographers, Hitchcock could draw from the elite personnel behind the camera. But his choice of on-screen talent was an even greater boon to the director. In this book, the author shows how the director's keen sense of business, showmanship, and artistry helped him make the most of Hollywood's most valuable resource, the star system. Chronicling Hitchcock's twenty-eight pictures within the Hollywood system, the author examines how his use of stars evolved, and how his status in the industry eventually allowed him to create new stars, change their images, and turn them into film icons. Hitchcock's Stars is a chronological study of Hitchcock's Hollywood films (from Rebecca in 1940 to his final film Family Plot) and the innovative approach he took to casting films.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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