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Cary Grant: Acting style and genre in classical Hollywood cinema

Glitre, Kathrina

Authors



Contributors

Jorg Sternagel
Editor

Deborah Levitt
Editor

Dieter Mersch
Editor

Abstract

This is part of a larger project on Cary Grant and film acting. This particular essay focuses on the relationships between acting style, genre and star persona, using close textual analysis alongside archival research and industrial contextualisation. Rather than assuming film acting may involve ‘genre-specific rules’ (de Cordova 1986), the essay recognizes genres are always inherently mixed and hybrid; the analysis demonstrates a continuum of strategies in Grant’s acting style across three films ostensibly from different genres.

Citation

Glitre, K. (2012). Cary Grant: Acting style and genre in classical Hollywood cinema. In J. Sternagel, D. Levitt, & D. Mersch (Eds.), Acting in Moving-Image Culture: Bodies, Screens, and Renderings. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag

Publication Date Aug 1, 2012
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Book Title Acting in Moving-Image Culture: Bodies, Screens, and Renderings
ISBN 9783837616484
Keywords Cary Grant, genre, acting, performance, Hollywood, stars
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/945113
Publisher URL http://www.transcript-verlag.de/ts1648/ts1648.php