Emanuel Levy - John Wayne

John Wayne — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "John Wayne" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

1234567...134

---

title	:	John Wayne : Prophet of the American Way of Life
author	:	Levy, Emanuel.
publisher	:	Scarecrow Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0810835312
print isbn13	:	9780810835313
ebook isbn13	:	9780585277301
language	:	English
subject	Wayne, John,--1907-1979, Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography, Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States, United States--Civilization--20th century.
publication date	:	1988
lcc	:	PN2287.W454L49 1988eb
ddc	:	791.43028092
subject	:	Wayne, John,--1907-1979, Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography, Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States, United States--Civilization--20th century.

Page i John Wayne Prophet of the American Way of Life Emanuel Levy The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Maryland, and London 1998

Page ii Disclaimer: Some images in the original hard copy book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook. SCARECROW PRESS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Scarecrow Press, Inc. 4720 Boston Way Lanham, Maryland 20706 4 Pleydell Gardens, Folkestone Kent CT20 2DN, England Copyright 1988, 1998 by Emanuel Levy First paperback printing 1998 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available The hardback edition of this book was previously catalogued by the Library of Congress as follows: Levy, Emanuel, 1947 John Wayne: prophet of the American way of life / by Emanuel Levy. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Wayne, John, 1907-1979. 2. Moving-picture actors and actresses United StatesBiography. 3. Moving-picturesSocial aspectsUnited States. 4. United StatesCivilization20th century. I. Title. PN2287.W454L49 1988 791.43'028'0924dc1987-28410 ISBN 0-8108-3531-2 (pbk: alk. paper) The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America.

Page iii TO NATHAN

Page v Contents Acknowledgments vii Foreword by Andrew Sarris ix Introduction xv 1. The Career of a Superstar 1 2. The War Hero 23 3. The Western Hero 48 4. Wayne and the Western Movie 74 5. The Creation of a Powerful Screen Image 100 6. Wayne's Sex Image: A Tough Gentleman 131 7. The Actor 162 8. The Actor and His Colleagues 188 9. The Movie Star 215 10. The Mass Media Star 238 11. An American Lifestyle 257 12. The Political Figure 277 13. The Propagandist 305 Notes 338 Bibliography 361 Index 369

Page vii Acknowledgments It is usually hard to remember the specific date on which the idea for a book originated. This book is an exception, for the idea to write a book about John Wayne was born on June 11, 1979, the day of his death. The reaction to his death really shocked me: Why would a movie star get such media blitz, with the news of his death occupying the front pages of every newspaper? Could movie actors in other countries have acquired such extraordinary popularity? How special was Wayne's stardom in the contexts of Hollywood and American society at large? These were some of the questions, which my close friends later lumped together as "the importance of being Wayne," I set out to explore. I began to collect systematic data on Wayne's career and life in 1980, not realizing then the amount of work involved. But I wanted to be comprehensive and thus examine the sociocultural significance of John Wayne, that is his range of activities as an actor, star, folk hero, ideologue and political figure, and cultural icon. The scope of the book further expanded when I decided to compare between Wayne and other major stars of his generation: Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, Clark Gable, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, and Cary Grant. This book, however, is neither a biography of Wayne nor a chronological examination of his films. Rather, it provides a sociological view of the historical, cultural, and cinematic importance of John Wayne as an actor-auteur.

Next page

1234567...134

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «John Wayne»

Look at similar books to John Wayne. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.

James S. Olson

John Wayne: American

Carol Lea Mueller

The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon

Mark Orwoll

John Wayne Speaks: The Ultimate John Wayne Quote Book

Mompoint Marc

John Wayne: a photographic celebration

Levy

Gay directors, gay films?: Pedro Almodóvar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, John Waters

Eliot Marc

American Titan: Searching for John Wayne

Eyman Scott

John Wayne: the life and legend

Gacy John Wayne

Killer clown: the John Wayne Gacy murders

Delsohn Steve

John Wayne, my father

Scott Eyman

John Wayne: The Life and Legend

Michael Munn

John Wayne : The Man Behind the Myth

Ronald L. Davis

Duke: The Life and Image of John Wayne

Discussion, reviews of the book John Wayne and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.