12. Cary Grant in North by North west (1959)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. Part One. Performance in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
6. 2. Protocols 9
7. 3. Rhetoric and Expressive Technique 34
8. 4. Expressive Coherence and Performance within Performance 68
9. 5. Accessories 83
10. Part Two. Star Performances
11. 6. Lillian Gish in True Heart Susie (1919) 99
12. 7. Charles Chaplin in The Gold Rush (1925) 114
13. 8. Marlene Dietrich in Morocco (1930) 131
14. 9. James Cagney in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) 157
15. 10. Katharine Hepburn in Holiday (1938) 174
16. 11. Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront (1954) 193
17. 12. Cary Grant in North by North west (1959) 213
18. Part Three. Film as a Performance Text
19. 13. Rear Window (1954) 239
20. 14. The King of Comedy (1983) 262
21. Selected Bibliography 287
22. Index 295