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02547aam a2200337 i 4500 001 EA40791C084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240502011849 008 240130s2024 ncua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2024004649 020 $a 1476691479 020 $a 9781476691473 035 $a (OCoLC)1399163727 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN2287 C67 M48 2024 084 $a PER004030 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Meuel, David, $d 1950- $e author. 245 10 $a Joan Crawford in film noir : $b the actress as auteur / $c David Meuel. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2024] 300 $a x, 215 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Although rarely discussed in its totality, Joan Crawford's contribution to film noir during the 1940s and 1950s is one of her most impressive and far-reaching career achievements. Several of her noir and noir-tinged efforts contain what may very well be her best acting work, and in all of them her personal stamp is very much in evidence. These aren't conventional film noirs, they are Joan Crawford noirs: highly distinctive films that, because of their distinctiveness, actually extended the boundaries of noir content and brought added depth and dimension to the noir style. The way she accomplished this is also very distinctive. Unlike most actors who routinely adapted to the needs of particular film projects and directors, she approached each film, first and foremost, as a Joan Crawford vehicle, often exerting great control over multiple production functions and at times operating as a de facto producer. This book demonstrates that by examining these films as a collective and relatively cohesive body of work, we can better understand what Crawford aspired to achieve in her art, how-when the circumstances were right-she could deliver superb results, how she helped expand the possibilities for noir, and why the best of her efforts speak across the decades with such intensity and authority."-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Crawford, Joan, $d 1908-1977 $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 0 $a Film noir $z United States $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Motion pictures $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240502013822.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EA40791C084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search