Carolyn Owen-King

British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema

Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone

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Produktbeschreibung

British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema explores the Hollywood careers and stardom of British male actors who had fought in the first World War. In an apparently incongruous development in the years after the armistice, some of the men who fought in Scottish regiments during World War I found some degree of career success in Hollywood's film industry, two of which included Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone. Through exploring transatlantic film history, this book uncovers the ways in which these men were presented in media and on screen, arguing that they carry with them, even in films made at the height of censorship, an appealing and attractive queerness. Owen-King expands on Eve Kosofsky Sedgewick's theory of homosocial/homosexual continuum and offer readings of film texts that use her theories to survey gender and sexual identities within Hollywood's Golden Era.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9798765110287
• Artikelnr.: 69927660

Autorenporträt

Carolyn Owen-King

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Ghost Goes West. Introduction and Critical Framework 2. The
Ladies From Hell 3. Random Harvest, the Uncanny and the Great War 4.
Exposing Ronnie: Ronald Colman in Hollywood's Fan Magazines 5. Masquerader:
Ronald Colman on Screen 6. The Host of Hollywood: Basil Rathbone in
Hollywood's Fan Magazines 7. Glamorous Masculinity, Double Dealing
Villainy: Basil Rathbone on Screen 8. Final Curtain: If They Were Kings
Appendix 1: Synopses of Main Films Appendix 2: References Filmography and
Bibliography Appendix 3: Online References and Websites Appendix 4:
Archives Appendix 5: List of illustrations Index