TY  - GEN
T1  - Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema
A1  - Powrie, Phil
A2  - Rebillard, Éric
LA  - English
PP  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
YR  - 2009
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn320318165
AB  - 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 1920s, 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 1920s 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 1920s, as cinema - the subject of intense intellectual interest across Europe - was racked between commercialism and 'art'. A number of the major films are studied in detail: Le Double amour (Epstein, 1925), Feu Mathias Pascal (L'Herbier, 1925), Ã⁹ducation de prince (Diamant-Berger, 1927), Le Joueur d'Ã♭checs (Bernard, 1927), La Sir÷ne des tropiques (EtiÃ♭vant and Nalpas, 1927), Les Deux timides (Clair, 1928), Un chien andalou (BuÃłuel, 1929), Monte-Cristo (Fescourt, 1929), and Baroud (Ingram, 1932). Key Features The first major study of a French silent cinema star. Provides an in-depth analysis of star performance. Includes extensive appendices of documents from popular cinema magazines of the period.
OP  - 254
CN  - PN2638.B34 P69 2009eb
SN  - 9780748629602
SN  - 0748629602
SN  - 6612059036
SN  - 9786612059032
SN  - 9780748621972
SN  - 0748621970
KW  - Batcheff, Pierre, : 1901-1932.
KW  - Batcheff, Pierre, : 1901-1932
KW  - Motion picture actors and actresses : France.
KW  - Silent films : France : History and criticism.
KW  - Films muets : France : Histoire et critique.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS : Acting & Auditioning.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : General.
KW  - Motion picture actors and actresses
KW  - Silent films
KW  - France
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -