New Constellations: Movie Stars of the 1960s

Published by Rutgers University Press 2012

New Constellations

Movie Stars of the 1960s

Edited by: Pamela Robertson Wojcik
With contributions by: Leslie Abramson , Cynthia Baron , Christine Becker , Dennis Bingham , Kelley Conway , Alexander Doty , Arthur Knight , Darrell Newton , Diane Pecknold , Christopher Sieving and Daniel Smith-Rowsey

In the series Star Decades: American Culture/American

https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813552293

Overview
Contents

About this book

American culture changed radically over the course of the 1960s, and the culture of Hollywood was no exception. The film industry began the decade confidently churning out epic spectacles and lavish musicals, but became flummoxed as new aesthetics and modes of production emerged, and low-budget youth pictures like Easy Rider became commercial hits.

New Constellations: Movie Stars of the 1960s tells the story of the final glory days of the studio system and changing conceptions of stardom, considering such Hollywood icons as Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman alongside such hallmarks of youth culture as Mia Farrow and Dustin Hoffman. Others, like Sidney Poitier and Peter Sellers, took advantage of the developing independent and international film markets to craft truly groundbreaking screen personae. And some were simply “famous for being famous,” with celebrities like Zsa Zsa Gabor and Edie Sedgwick paving the way for today’s reality stars.

Author / Editor information

PAMELA ROBERTSON WOJICK teaches film and is director of gender studies at Notre Dame. She is the author of Guilty Pleasures: Feminist Camp from Mae West to Madonna and The Apartment Plot: Urban Living in American Film and Popular Culture, 1945 to 1975.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Stardom in the 1960s Pamela Robertson Wojcik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Paul Newman: Superstardom and Anti-Stardom Christine Becker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
2 Elizabeth Taylor: The Biggest Star in the World Alexander Doty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
3 Dustin Hoffman: As Artistic as Possible Daniel Smith-Rowsey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
4 Steve McQueen: Cool, Combative, and Disconnected Ina Rae Hark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
5 Mia Farrow: Categorically Intangible Leslie H. Abramson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
6 Peter Sellers: A Figure of the Impasse Cynthia Baron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
7 Julie Andrews: Practically Too Perfect in Every Way Dennis Bingham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
8 Sidney Poitier : It Is No Great Joy to Be a Symbol Arthur Knight Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
9 Brigitte Bardot: From International Star to Fashion Icon Kelley Conway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
10 Edie Sedgwick: Girl of the Year Christopher Sieving Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
11 Eva and Zsa Zsa Gabor : Hungary Meets Hillbilly U.S.A. Diane Pecknold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
In the Wings Pamela Robertson Wojcik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265

Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 46 photographs

eBook

Published: January 1, 2012
ISBN: 9780813552293