The Art of American Screen Acting, 1912-1960 by Dan Callahan (English) Paperback

Description: The Art of American Screen Acting, 1912-1960 by Dan Callahan Celebrates and analyses many of the so-called ""pre-Brando"" actors of the classic Hollywood period and makes a case for their more heightened but just as valid style. Often dismissed as old-fashioned, these players deserve this new look and new reckoning that places them as icons of creativity and pleasure before more naturalistic Method actors of the 1950s like Brando and James Dean took over. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Why do people go to see movies? Some say that its for the story or the genre or the suggested theme, and some say that its for the director, but this is often wishful thinking. Nearly everyone goes to the movies to see the stars, the actors, to see the people in them. And during the classic Hollywood period, running roughly from the late 1920s to the early 1950s, there was an explosion of distinctive talent, of stars like James Cagney, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and so many more.Dan Callahan celebrates and analyzes many of the so-called "pre-Brando" actors of the classic Hollywood period and makes a case for their more heightened but just as valid style. Often dismissed as old-fashioned, these players deserve this new look and new reckoning that places them as icons of creativity and pleasure before more naturalistic Method actors of the 1950s like Brando and James Dean took over. Author Biography Dan Callahan has written about film for Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Nylon, and many other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Table of Contents Table of ContentsIntroduction: "Pre-Brando" and Bernhardt and DuseLillian Gish: Blossom in the WindGloria Swanson: Still BigJohn Barrymore: Sweet Prince of IronyLouise Brooks: Naked on Her GoatGreta Garbo: Mademoiselle HamletMarlene Dietrich: IllusionsBette Davis: The Hard WayKatharine Hepburn: Sadly HappyJoan Crawford: A Womans FaceIngrid Bergman: You Must Change Your LifeJames Cagney: Hard to HandleCary Grant: Just a ButterflyCharles Laughton: Leaning and BirthingClark Gable: The KingSpencer Tracy: Still WatersHumphrey Bogart: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made OfMarlon Brando: Before and AfterMontgomery Clift: Fallen AristocratKim Stanley: Private MomentsJames Dean: Cause and EffectBibliographyIndex Review "The rare writer who writes about acting really well, longtime theater and film critic Dan Callahan can home in on why and how a performance lands, or doesnt. He pays attention to the actors technique, the actors tension, the prosody of the actors voice, all of these being "tells" as to whether or not the actor is truly engaged, or pumping up something artificial to fill in the blanks. This is tough stuff, but reading Callahan is an object lesson on how to do it.[...] Callahans latest book, The Art of American Screen Acting: 1912-1960, is made up of profile pieces and artistic analysis of the major figures from the silent era up until the moment before the collapse of the studio system. [...] its a lush and complex look at the art of acting, and how it developed alongside the development of cinema itself. Callahan looks at the rupture represented by Marlon Brando, adding some necessary shadings to the almost universally accepted simplistic reading of Brando as an "improvement."" - Slant Magazine Review Quote "The rare writer who writes about acting really well, longtime theater and film critic Dan Callahan can home in on why and how a performance lands, or doesnt. He pays attention to the actors technique, the actors tension, the prosody of the actors voice, all of these being "tells" as to whether or not the actor is truly engaged, or pumping up something artificial to fill in the blanks. This is tough stuff, but reading Callahan is an object lesson on how to do it. [...] Callahans latest book, The Art of American Screen Acting: 1912-1960, is made up of profile pieces and artistic analysis of the major figures from the silent era up until the moment before the collapse of the studio system. [...] its a lush and complex look at the art of acting, and how it developed alongside the development of cinema itself. Callahan looks at the rupture represented by Marlon Brando, adding some necessary shadings to the almost universally accepted simplistic reading of Brando as an "improvement."" - Slant Magazine Details ISBN1476674051 Author Dan Callahan Year 2018 ISBN-10 1476674051 ISBN-13 9781476674056 Format Paperback Subtitle The Art of American Screen Acting, 1912-1960 Place of Publication Jefferson, NC Country of Publication United States DEWEY 791.43028 Pages 242 Illustrations 28 photographs Language English AU Release Date 2018-02-22 NZ Release Date 2018-02-22 UK Release Date 2018-02-22 Publication Date 2018-02-28 Audience General US Release Date 2018-02-28 Publisher McFarland & Co Inc Imprint McFarland & Co Inc Audience Age 18 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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