Larger than life
Subtitle: film stars of the 1950s
By: edited by R. Barton Palmer.
Contributors: Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-
Series: Star decades-- American culture/American cinema
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813547664; 9780813547671
Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / R. Barton Palmer; title: Montgomery Clift : Hollywood Pseudohomosexual /   Tison Pugh, Barry Sandler; title: Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston : Organization Men /  R. Barton Palmer; title: James Stewart and James Dean : The Darkness Within / Murray Pomerance; title: James Mason : A Star is Born Bigger than Life / Amy Lawrence; title: Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and Kim Novak : Reflexivity and Metaperformance   / Matthew Solomon; title: Audrey Hepburn : The Film Star as Event / William Brown; title: Doris Day and Rock Hudson : The Girl Next Door and the Brawny He-Man / Foster Hirsch; title: Marlon Brando : Liar / Susan White; title: Jerry Lewis : From Hamlet to Clown /   Frank Krutnik; title: Judy Holliday : The Hungry Star   / Pamela Wojcik; title: What a Swell Party This Was! : Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra /    Adrienne McLean; title: In the Wings / R. Barton Palmer