Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema /
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, h...
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1r29xh |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; CHAPTER 1 A short life; CHAPTER 2 Stardom in the 1920s; 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.