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OverviewDuring the early Hollywood sound era, studio director George Cukor produced nearly fifty films in as many years, famously winning the Best Director Oscar at the 1964 Academy Awards for My Fair Lady. His collaborations with so-called difficult actresses such as Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, and Marilyn Monroe unsettled producers even as his ticket sales lined their pockets. Fired from Gone with the Wind for giving Vivien Leigh more screen time than Clark Gable, Cukor quickly earned a doublesided reputation as a “woman’s director.” While the label celebrated his ability to help actresses deliver their best performances, the epithet also branded the gay director as suitable only for work on female-centered movies such as melodramas and romantic comedies. Desperate for success after a failed drag film nearly ended his career, Cukor swore to work within Hollywood’s constraints. Nevertheless, What Price Hollywood? Gender and Sex in the Films of George Cukor finds that Cukor continued to explore gender and sexuality on-screen. Drawing on a broad array of theoretical lenses, Elyce Rae Helford examines how Cukor’s award-winning and lesser-known films engage Hollywood masculinity and gender performativity through camp, drag, and mixed genres. Blending biography with critical analysis of more than twenty-five films, What Price Hollywood? tells the story of a once-ina- generation director who produced some of the best films in history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elyce Rae HelfordPublisher: The University Press of Kentucky Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 9780813179292ISBN 10: 0813179297 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 23 June 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAn extraordinarily informative and deftly presented study of one of the truly outstanding Hollywood film directors of the 20th Century. -- Midwest Book Review Needless to say, if you want an authoritative and fresh look at George Cukor's films, look no further than What Price Hollywood? -- Edge Media Network Needless to say, if you want an authoritative and fresh look at George Cukor's films, look no further than What Price Hollywood? -- Edge Media Network Author InformationElyce Rae Helford is professor of English, former director of women's and gender studies, and current director of Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Middle Tennessee State University. She is coeditor of The Woman Fantastic in Contemporary American Media Culture and editor of Fantasy Girls: Gender in the New Universe of Science Fiction and Fantasy Television. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |