Hitchcock's Stars

Alfred Hitchcock and the Hollywood Studio System

Lesley L. Coffin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

246 Seiten

2017
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7803-5 (ISBN)

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Although he was a visual stylist who once referred to actors as cattle, Alfred Hitchcock also had a remarkable talent for innovative and creative casting choices. The director launched the careers of several actors and completely changed the trajectory of others, many of whom created some of the most iconic screen performances in history. However, Hitchcock’s ability to fit his leading men and women into just the right parts has been a largely overlooked aspect of his filmmaking skills.

In Hitchcock’s Stars: Alfred Hitchcock and the Hollywood Studio System, Lesley L. Coffin looks at how the director made the most of the actors who were at his disposal for several decades. From his first American production in 1940 to his final feature in 1976, Hitchcock’s films were examples of creative casting that strayed far from the norm during the structured Hollywood star system. Rather than examining the cinematic aspects of his work, this book explores the collaboration the director engaged in with some of the most popular stars in Hollywood history. Coffin explains how the master of on-screen manipulation exploited the nervous insecurity of Joan Fontaine for the lead in Rebecca, subverted the wholesome image of Robert Walker to play a deranged killer in Strangers on a Train, and plucked an unknown actress,, Tippi Hedren, to star in The Birds.

Documenting Hitchcock’s Hollywood output from his arrival in America through his final effort, Family Plot, the author chronicles each film’s casting process, performances, and the personas each star brought to his or her role. Inspiring a fresh look at several films, this book will engage fans and encourage them to reconsider a number of Hitchcock classics in a new light.

Lesley L. Coffin is a freelance writer on film and popular culture. She is the author of Lew Ayres: Hollywood’s Conscientious Objector (2012).

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Hitchcock’s Livestock
1. Rebecca
2. Foreign Correspondent
3. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
4. Suspicion
5. Saboteur
6. Shadow of a Doubt
7. Lifeboat
8. Spellbound
9. Notorious
10. The Paradine Case
11. Rope
12. Under Capricorn
13. Stage Fright
14. Strangers on a Train
15. I Confess
16. Dial M for Murder
17. Rear Window
18. To Catch a Thief
19. The Trouble with Harry
20. The Man Who Knew Too Much
21. The Wrong Man
22. Vertigo
23. North by Northwest
24. Psycho
25. The Birds
26. Marnie
27. Torn Curtain
28. Family Plot
Conclusion: Hitchcock’s Influence
Notes
Filmography
Index
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	18.01.2017
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 224 mm
Gewicht	349 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4422-7803-X / 144227803X
ISBN-13	978-1-4422-7803-5 / 9781442278035
Zustand	Neuware