A Great Big Girl Like Me: The Films of Marie Dressler by Victoria Sturtevant (En

Description: A Great Big Girl Like Me by Victoria Sturtevant A captivating study of one of classic Hollywoods most fascinating bodies FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this study of Marie Dressler, MGMs most profitable movie star in the early 1930s, Victoria Sturtevant analyzes Dresslers use of her body to challenge Hollywoods standards for leading ladies. At five feet seven inches tall and two hundred pounds, Dressler was never considered the popular "delicate beauty," often playing ugly ducklings, old maids, doting mothers, and imperious dowagers. However, Dresslers body, her fearless physicality, and her athletic slapstick routines commanded the screen. Although an unlikely movie star, Dressler represented for Depression-era audiences a sign of abundance and generosity in a time of scarcity. This premier analysis of her body of work explores how Dressler refocused the generic frame of her films beyond the shallow problems of the rich and beautiful, instead dignifying the marginalized, the elderly, women, and the poor. Sturtevant inteprets the meanings of Dresslers body through different genres, venues, and historical periods by looking at her vaudeville career, her transgressive representation of an "unruly" yet sexual body in Emma and Christopher Bean, ideas of the body politic in the films Politics and Prosperity, and Dressler as a mythic body in Min and Bill and Tugboat Annie. Notes A captivating study of one of classic Hollywoods most fascinating bodies Author Biography Victoria Sturtevant is an associate professor of film and video studies at the University of Oklahoma. Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix 1. Tillies Punctured Romance: Genre and the Body 1 2. Breaking Boundaries: The Unruly Body 30 3. Politics and Prosperity: The Body Politic 60 4. Min and Bill and Tugboat Annie: The Mythic Body 93 5. Emma and Christopher Bean: The Sexual Body 126 Conclusion Dinner at Eight: The Unclosed Body 161 Notes 173 Filmography: Dresslers Feature Films 185 Index 187 Review "An important, groundbreaking work. In reminding us of the stardom of Marie Dressler--the most significant female box-office star of the early sound era in Hollywood--Sturtevant not only tells the definitive story of this unjustly forgotten figure, but calls into question the very idea that stardom is simply an industry of desire." David Desser, co-editor of Hollywood Goes Shopping "Rich with archival materials, this marvelous study of Marie Dresslers film career deranges the norm, questions critical assumptions, and challenges our historical comprehension of the period." Jennifer M. Bean, co-editor of A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema Promotional A captivating study of one of classic Hollywoods most fascinating bodies Long Description A captivating study of one of classic Hollywoods most fascinating bodies. In this study of Marie Dressler, MGMs most profitable movie star in the early 1930s, Victoria Sturtevant analyzes Dresslers use of her body to challenge Hollywoods standards for leading ladies. At five feet seven inches tall and two hundred pounds, Dressler was never considered the popular delicate beauty, often playing ugly ducklings, old maids, doting mothers, and imperious dowagers. However, Dresslers body, her fearless physicality, and her athletic slapstick routines commanded the screen. Although an unlikely movie star, Dressler represented for Depression-era audiences a sign of abundance and generosity in a time of scarcity. This premier analysis of her body of work explores how Dressler refocused the generic frame of her films beyond the shallow problems of the rich and beautiful, instead dignifying the marginalized, the elderly, women, and the poor. Sturtevant inteprets the meanings of Dresslers body through different genres, venues, and historical periods by looking at her vaudeville career, her transgressive representation of an unruly yet sexual body in Emma and Christopher Bean, ideas of the body politic in the films Politics and Prosperity, and Dressler as a mythic body in Min and Bill and Tugboat Annie."An eminently good read.--The Bay Area Reporter "[An] excellent, superbly detailed and illustrated book. . . . Highly recommended.--ChoiceAn important, groundbreaking work. In reminding us of the stardom of Marie Dressler--the most significant female box-office star of the early sound era in Hollywood--Sturtevant not only tells the definitive story of this unjustly forgotten figure, but calls into question the very idea that stardom is simply an industry of desire.--David Desser, coeditor of Hollywood Goes Shopping Rich with archival materials, this marvelous study of Marie Dresslers film career deranges the norm, questions critical assumptions, and challenges our historical comprehension of the period.--Jennifer M. Bean, coeditor of A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema Review Text "An eminently good read."-- The Bay Area Reporter Review Quote "Rich with archival materials, this marvelous study of Marie Dresslers film career deranges the norm, questions critical assumptions, and challenges our historical comprehension of the period."--Jennifer M. Bean, coeditor of A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema Description for Bookstore In this study of Marie Dressler, MGMs most profitable movie star in the early 1930s, Victoria Sturtevant analyzes Dresslers use of her body to challenge Hollywoods standards for leading ladies. At five feet seven inches tall and two hundred pounds, Dressler often played ugly ducklings, old maids, doting mothers, and imperious dowagers. However, her body, her fearless physicality, and her athletic slapstick routines commanded the screen. Sturtevant interprets the meanings of Dresslers body by looking at her vaudeville career, her transgressive representation of an "unruly" yet sexual body in Emma and Christopher Bean, ideas of the body politic in the films Politics and Prosperity, and Dressler as a mythic body in Min and Bill and Tugboat Annie. Details ISBN0252076222 Author Victoria Sturtevant Short Title GRT BIG GIRL LIKE ME Publisher University of Illinois Press Language English ISBN-10 0252076222 ISBN-13 9780252076220 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2009 Imprint University of Illinois Press Subtitle The Films of Marie Dressler Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Baltimore Birth 1973 Illustrations 27 black and white photographs UK Release Date 2009-05-08 NZ Release Date 2009-05-08 US Release Date 2009-05-08 Pages 208 Series Womens Media History Now! Publication Date 2009-05-08 Alternative 9780252034282 DEWEY 791.43028092 Audience General AU Release Date 2009-08-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:129569509;

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