Movie Acting, the Film Reader (Hardcover)

Part 1: Ontology of the Film Actor  1. Remarks on the Actor  2. Audience Actor and Star and Types: Cycles as Genres  3. Screen Acting and the Communication Test  Part 2: The Creation of the Film Actor  4. The Changing Status of the Actor  5. The Histrionic and Verisimilar Codes in the Biograph Films  6. Pictorial Styles and Film Acting  7. Crafting Film Performances: Acting in the Hollywood Studio Era  Part 3: Style and Technique  8. Lillian Gish in True Heart Susie (1919)  9. A High Class Job of Carpentry: Toward a Typography of Early Sound Comedy  10. Masculinity in Crisis: Method Acting in Hollywood  11. Film Acting and Independent Cinema  Part 4: Character and Type  12. Typcasting  13. The 1950s: Black Stars  14. In Praise of Character Actors  15. The Lives of Supporting Players  16. Supporting Character: The Queer Career of Agnes Moorehead