British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema: Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone
Autor Dr. Carolyn Owen-Kingen Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 ian 2025
In an apparently incongruous development in the years after the armistice, some of the men who fought in Scottish regiments during World War I found some degree of career success in Hollywood's film industry, two of which included Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone. Through exploring transatlantic film history, this book uncovers the ways in which these men were presented in media and on screen, arguing that they carry with them, even in films made at the height of censorship, an appealing and attractive queerness. Owen-King expands on Eve Kosofsky Sedgewick's theory of homosocial/homosexual continuum and offer readings of film texts that use her theories to survey gender and sexual identities within Hollywood's Golden Era.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9798765110287
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 110 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 158 x 232 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 110 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 158 x 232 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
1. The Ghost Goes West. Introduction and Critical Framework
2. The Ladies From Hell
3. Random Harvest, the Uncanny and the Great War
4. Exposing Ronnie: Ronald Colman in Hollywood's Fan Magazines
5. Masquerader: Ronald Colman on Screen
6. The Host of Hollywood: Basil Rathbone in Hollywood's Fan Magazines
7. Glamorous Masculinity, Double Dealing Villainy: Basil Rathbone on Screen
8. Final Curtain: If They Were Kings
Appendix 1: Synopses of Main Films
Appendix 2: References Filmography and Bibliography
Appendix 3: Online References and Websites
Appendix 4: Archives
Appendix 5: List of illustrations
Index
2. The Ladies From Hell
3. Random Harvest, the Uncanny and the Great War
4. Exposing Ronnie: Ronald Colman in Hollywood's Fan Magazines
5. Masquerader: Ronald Colman on Screen
6. The Host of Hollywood: Basil Rathbone in Hollywood's Fan Magazines
7. Glamorous Masculinity, Double Dealing Villainy: Basil Rathbone on Screen
8. Final Curtain: If They Were Kings
Appendix 1: Synopses of Main Films
Appendix 2: References Filmography and Bibliography
Appendix 3: Online References and Websites
Appendix 4: Archives
Appendix 5: List of illustrations
Index
Recenzii
This stimulating new study brings together two themes - Anglo-American film culture and the cultural history of masculinities - in a highly original way. Carolyn Owen-King deftly combines extensive primary source research with nuanced readings of performance, demonstrating that there was much more to Colman and Rathbone's stardom than their most popular roles, Bulldog Drummond and Sherlock Holmes. British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema deserves to be afforded major intellectual currency as it prompts us to reconsider our appreciation of popular stardom during the golden age.
British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema offers a theoretically astute and historically detailed exploration of Hollywood Britishness. Through its focus on the complex and contested masculinities articulated by transatlantic stars Colman and Rathbone, across a range of films and their intertexts, it offers an enlivening intervention in classical Hollywood history.
British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema is a fascinating and original study of British masculinity, as it was reimagined in Hollywood films. Employing gender theory, rich critical analysis, and archival research, it opens up new ways of studying and understanding important films and film stars.
British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema offers a theoretically astute and historically detailed exploration of Hollywood Britishness. Through its focus on the complex and contested masculinities articulated by transatlantic stars Colman and Rathbone, across a range of films and their intertexts, it offers an enlivening intervention in classical Hollywood history.
British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema is a fascinating and original study of British masculinity, as it was reimagined in Hollywood films. Employing gender theory, rich critical analysis, and archival research, it opens up new ways of studying and understanding important films and film stars.