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The passion of Montgomery CliftAmy Lawrence.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)2010.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 333 pages, 8. pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520945821
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN2287 .P377 2010
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Contents:
The bobby-soxers' idol -- Actor as saint -- Facing persecution -- Mortification of the flesh -- A gay martyr -- Nothing sacred.
Subject: From his 1948 film debut in Red River through such classics as The Heiress, A Place in the Sun, and From Here to Eternity, Montgomery Clift exemplified a new masculinity and--leading the way for a generation of actors, including Marlon Brando and James Dean--epitomized the new naturalistic style of acting. Clift's impact was such that, both during his troubled life and after his untimely death, fans described the actor in religious terms, characterizing Clift as a vision, acolyte, and martyr. In The Passion of Montgomery Clift, Amy Lawrence challenges the myth of Clift as tragic victim by examin
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction PN2287.545 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn668397957

Includes bibliographies and index.

The face of a saint -- The bobby-soxers' idol -- Actor as saint -- Facing persecution -- Mortification of the flesh -- A gay martyr -- Nothing sacred.

From his 1948 film debut in Red River through such classics as The Heiress, A Place in the Sun, and From Here to Eternity, Montgomery Clift exemplified a new masculinity and--leading the way for a generation of actors, including Marlon Brando and James Dean--epitomized the new naturalistic style of acting. Clift's impact was such that, both during his troubled life and after his untimely death, fans described the actor in religious terms, characterizing Clift as a vision, acolyte, and martyr. In The Passion of Montgomery Clift, Amy Lawrence challenges the myth of Clift as tragic victim by examin

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