From Silent Film Idol to Superman

The Life and Career of John Stuart

Jonathan Croall (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2023
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8954-8 (ISBN)

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As a popular romance actor, John Stuart was frequently mobbed by his adoring fans. With access to Stuart’s private archive, his films, press cuttings, reviews, interviews, profiles, features, and gossip columns, this work presents a detailed account of an actor who made a significant contribution to the British film industry of the 20th century.

A popular romantic actor with a fan club rivalling that of Ivor Novello, John Stuart was frequently mobbed by his adoring fans. He starred in films by Alfred Hitchcock and G.W. Pabst, played opposite British stars such as Madeleine Carroll, Fay Compton, Gracie Fields, and German actor Conrad Veidt, and was also the first actor to ever speak on screen in Britain. Yet despite a film career lasting six decades and 172 films, his name and achievement are little known today.

With access to Stuart's private archive, his surviving films, press cuttings, film reviews, interviews, profiles, features, and gossip columns, his son Jonathan Croall presents a detailed account of an actor who made a significant contribution to the British film industry of the 20th century.

Based in Putney in south-west London, Jonathan Croall is a journalist, theatre and film historian, and the author of 25 books. He was formerly an editor at Penguin and Oxford University Press, features editor of the Times Educational Supplement, editor of the National Theatre's magazine StageWrite and program editor at the Old Vic theatre in London.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part One: Silent Idol

1. Childhood, School, War

2. From Stage to Screen

3. An Emerging Star

4. Alfred Hitchcock and Maurice Elvey

5. Britain or Hollywood?

6. Fame and a Fan Club

Part Two: The Background

7. Working Lives

8. Writers, Screenplays, Titles

9. The Film Press and the Film Society

10. The Publicity Machine

11. The Coming of Sound

12. Winners and Losers

Part Three: Into the Talkies

13. Kitty

14. From Dupont’s Atlantic to Pabst’s L’Atlantide

15. With Gracie Fields and Conrad Veidt

16. Stage Matters

17. Fatherhood and War

18. Propaganda and Escapism

Part Four: Character Actor

19. On the Small Screen

20. Back to the Theater

21. Leading Roles and Cameos

22. From Quatermass to Superman

23. The Final Years

Epilogue

Film, Documentary, Theater, Television, and Miscellaneous Appearances

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.06.2023
Zusatzinfo	72 photos, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	426 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4766-8954-7 / 1476689547
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8954-8 / 9781476689548
Zustand	Neuware