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OverviewAmerican actress Aline MacMahon's youth was spent honing her talents while performing at local events in New York City. After popular stage success on Broadway, she headlined a touring company in Los Angeles, where she was discovered by legendary Hollywood director Mervyn LeRoy and put under contract to Warner Brothers. During the 1930s and 1940s, MacMahon starred in countless films and was among the most influential actors of the era, her talent revered as highly as peers Katherine Hepburn, Paul Muni, and Bette Davis. Her pioneering use of a new acting style brought to America from Russia by Konstantin Stanlisavsky-now widely known as the Method-began a revolution on the screen and made her an industry darling. Although popular with audiences and widely lauded for her versatile, naturalistic style, MacMahon's despair at the lack of challenging roles and fallout from her political activism would soon dim her star in the most tragic of ways. Blacklisted during the Communist Red Scare of the 1950's she became the subject of covert FBI surveillance and was denied work for many years. John Stangeland's biography of this unique actress, Aline MacMahon, offers an insightful look into the life and oeuvre of this largely overlooked talent and how the atmosphere of Hollywood's golden age created an inescapable blueprint for a career nearly destroyed by politics and fear. AUTHOR: John Stangeland is the author of Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood. 46 b/w illustrations Full Product DetailsAuthor: John StangelandPublisher: The University Press of Kentucky Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 9780813196060ISBN 10: 081319606 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 08 November 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Till the First Star Shook in the Air An Old Sweetheart of Mine Teach Me, and set My Feet on the Way The River of Stars is Rolling No One has Ever Known Her Alive Once in a Lifetime At Once They Circled Her Round Reward Unlimited Gold Digging Seeds of Freedom One Way Passage The World Changes We Fight it Round by Round Ah Wilderness With Eyes Like Stars, to the DeepReviewsAuthor InformationJohn Stangeland is the author of Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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