In search of Marie-Antoinette in the 1930s Stefan Zweig, Irving Thalberg, and Norma Shearer
Intro; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1 In Search of Marie-Antoinette: The Inscrutable Life Worth Scrutinizing; Scholarship to Date; The Myth of "Marie-Antoinette"; "Objectivity" in the Writing of History, "Authenticity" in the Production of Film; Zweig, Th...
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Cham, Switzerland
Palgrave Macmillan
2019
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Marie Antoinette
> Zweig, Stefan
> Criticism and interpretation
> Thalberg, Irving G
> Shearer, Norma
> History in motion pictures
> Queens in motion pictures
> Marie Antoinette ; Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France ; 1755-1793 ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00052646
> Shearer, Norma ; 1902-1983 ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01799797
> Thalberg, Irving G ; 1899-1936 ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00106501
> Zweig, Stefan ; 1881-1942 ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00046408
> History in motion pictures ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01903472
> Queens in motion pictures ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01904400
> Criticism, interpretation, etc ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01411635
> Thalberg, Irving G.
> Film
> Geschichte
> Dreharbeit
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Intro; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1 In Search of Marie-Antoinette: The Inscrutable Life Worth Scrutinizing; Scholarship to Date; The Myth of "Marie-Antoinette"; "Objectivity" in the Writing of History, "Authenticity" in the Production of Film; Zweig, Thalberg and Shearer in Documents and Biographies; Structure and Method of the Argument; References; Chapter 2 Stefan Zweig's Clinical Biography, 1930-1932; Western European Approaches to Illustrated Biography in the 1920s; Zweig's Approach to Psychological Biography; Zweig's Approach to the French Revolution Merging Dominant Interpretations of Marie-AntoinetteStructure of the Argument; Marie-Antoinette's Psychological Transformation: Cause, Manifestations, and Cure; Marie-Antoinette's Spiritual Transformation: Awakening, Resistance and Acceptance; Writing Historical Biography as an "Interested" Undertaking; Zweig on Film Adaptations of Historical Biographies; References; Chapter 3 Irving Thalberg's Film Production, 1934-1936; European and American Approaches to Historical Films in the 1920s; Thalberg's Approach to Biographical Film; Thalberg's Introduction to the Zweig Property Sorting Rival Interpretations of Marie-AntoinetteIn Conference: Establishing Character Motivations, Scenarios, and Continuity; The Two Earliest "Temporary Complete Screenplays"; Indicating Louis' Phimosis, or How Ineffectual Lovemaking Leads to Lackluster Leadership; Indicating the Revolutionaries, or How to Generate Sympathy for Monarchs in Spite of Their Ineffectualness; Producing Biographical Film as an "Interested" Undertaking; Thalberg on Playing a Historical Character; References; Chapter 4 Norma Shearer's Dramatic Performance, 1937-1938 Euro-American Approaches to Historical Roles in the 1930sShearer's Approach to Historical Characterizations; Shearer's Recommitment to the Marie-Antoinette Role; The "Final Okayed Screenplay"; Inter-Dependence of Screenplay, Cast, Costumes, and Sets; Before and Behind the Cameras: Shearer's Acting Technique and Production Oversight; The Two Faces of Marie-Antoinette, or How to Sell Sin and Atonement; To Make Marie-Antoinette Live Again: The Art of Rendering Clear and Mixed Passions; Acting a Historical Part as an "Interested" Undertaking; Shearer on Public Response to Her Performance |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index -- ReferencesChapter 5 Conclusion; Summary; "Marie-Antoinette" in Myth; "Objectivity" in Biography, "Authenticity" in Film; Time Travel Today; References; Index |
| Beschreibung: | xx, 296 Seiten Illustrationen 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9783030145996 978-3-030-14599-6 3030145999 3-030-14599-9 |