Harvey, James

Movie love in the Fifties / James Harvey. - 1st ed. - New York, N.Y : A. A. Knopf, 2001. - xi, 448 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-432) and index.

Introduction
pt. 1. The women
Noir heroines
Out of the past
Vertigo
Betty Grable to Doris Day
Marilyn Monroe
Hitchcock's blondes
Janet Leigh and Psycho
the Big heat
pt. 2. The men
Clift, Brando, Dean
Method movies
In a lonely place
James Dean
Nicholas Ray
Bitter victory
pt. 3 The movies
the Fifties
the Reckless moment
Robert Siodmak
Christmas holiday
Orson Welles
Johnny Guitar
pt. 4: The moviemakers
Retrospective
Written on the wind
Douglas Sirk
Ross Hunter
Imitation of life
Conclusion

Looks at the films of the 1950s exploring the changing relationships between women and men as viewed in the films of Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, Elia Kazan, and Orson Welles.

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Love in motion pictures.
Amor en el cine

PN 1995.9 / H341m 2001

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