{"product_id":"british-stars-and-stardom-from-alma-taylor-to-sean-connery-9780719058417","title":"British Stars and Stardom From Alma Taylor to","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work looks both at stars who attained worldwide fame through the Hollywood cinema, and those whose contribution is primarily to the national cinema. The essays and introductory discussion range over the whole history of British stardom from circa 1910 onwards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction - British Stars and Stardom\u003cbr\u003e2. 'Our English Mary Pickford': Alma Taylor and ambivalent British stardom in the 1910s - Jon Burrows\u003cbr\u003e3. The curious appeal of Ivor Novello - Lawrence Napper \u0026amp; Michael Williams\u003cbr\u003e4. The extraordinary ordinariness of Gracie Fields: anatomy of a British star - Marcia Landy\u003cbr\u003e5. Britain's greatest contirbution to the screen: Flora Robson and character acting - Andrew Higson\u003cbr\u003e6.  Dangerous limelight: Anton Walbook and seduction of the English - Andrew Moor\u003cbr\u003e7.  'Queen of British Hearts': Margaret Lockwood revisted - Bruce Babington\u003cbr\u003e8. James Mason: The man between - Peter Evans\u003cbr\u003e9. The nun's story: femininity and Englishness in the films of Deborah Kerr - Celestino Deleyto\u003cbr\u003e10. Trevor, not Leslie, Howard - Geoffrey MacNab\u003cbr\u003e11.   Sir Alec Guinness: the self-effacing star - Neil Sinyard\u003cbr\u003e12.  ‘Madness, madness’: the brief stardom of James Donald - Charles Barr\u003cbr\u003e13.  The trouble with sex: Diana Dors and the Blonde Bombshell phenomenon -  Pam  Cook    \u003cbr\u003e14.   'The Angry Young Man is tired': Albert Finney and 1960s British cinema - Justine Ashby\u003cbr\u003e15.  Song, narrative, and the Mother's voice: A deepish reading of Julie Andrews - Bruce Babington\u003cbr\u003e16.   'There's Something About Mary.....' - Julian Petley\u003cbr\u003e17.   Sean Connery: loosening his Bonds - Andrew Spicer\u003cbr\u003e18.    'Bright particular stars': Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, and William Shakespeare - Richard Schoch\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037290856791,"sku":"9780719058417","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719058417.jpg?v=1750935186","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/british-stars-and-stardom-from-alma-taylor-to-sean-connery-9780719058417","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}