The Bigamist

ISBN-13: 9781844572663 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 96 str.

Amelie Hastie

Opis

The Bigamist (1953), a film about a salesman who is secretly married to two women, also tells the story of gendered relations in post-war America. Amelie Hastie explores the film in the context of independent Hollywood and relates it to the director Ida Lupino's personal and professional history.

Spis treści

Preface.- The Filmakers.- The Cast.- The Bigamist.- The Audience.- Upon Leaving the Movie Theatre, on the Bus.

O autorze

Amelie Hastie is founding Chair of the Film and Media Studies Program and Professor of English at Amherst College, USA. She is the author of Cupboards of Curiosity: Women, Recollection and Film History (2007) andThe Bigamist (BFI Film Classics, 2009).