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| Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960: On the Halls on the Screen |
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Author - Paul Matthew St. Pierre
Publication Date - May 2009
Number of Pages - 262
ISBN #9780838641910
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| Description |
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| In "Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960", Dr. St. Pierreexamines strategies of representing British music hall performance(1854-1919) and the performance of the body in British cinema in thesilent era (1895-1927) and the sound era (1927-60). The focus is onfilms of Fred and Joe Evans, Frank Randle, Will Hay, George Formby,Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane, Cicely Courtneidge, Jessie Matthews,Norman Evans, Max Miller, Stanley Holloway, Jack Warner, Gracie Fields,and Charles Chaplin. Consideration is given to themes such as warpropaganda and gender impersonation.
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| Author/Editor Biographies |
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| Paul Matthew St. Pierre is Associate Professor of English at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, where he has taught since 1987. |
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