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The University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Character actors are the working stiffs of both the big and small screen, the toiling thespians who always find work if not a big salary. "Not gorgeous enough to be stars," wrote Melissa Holbrook Pierson and Luc Sante in their 1998 book O.K. You Mugs: Writers on Movie Actors. "Their noses have been broken one too many times. . . . In short, they are real." Like most character actors, Kentucky's own Harry Dean Stanton languished in anonymity, a familiar...
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University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967) was driven not just to be an actress but to be a star. One of the most iconic sex symbols of her time, she was known for her platinum blonde hair, hourglass figure, outrageously low necklines, and flamboyant lifestyle. Hardworking and ambitious, Mansfield proved early in her career that she was adept in both comic and dramatic roles, but her tenacious search for the spotlight and her risqué promotional stunts caused...
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University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"George Orson Welles (1915-1985) is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. At just twenty-five years old, he cowrote, produced, directed, and starred in his Academy Award-winning debut film Citizen Kane (1941). His innovative and distinctive directorial style-nonlinear narratives, unusual camera angles, deep focus shots, and long takes-continues to be emulated by directors and cinematographers to this day....
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