Claire Trevor (1910-2000) is best remembered as the alluring blonde femme fatale in such iconic noir films as Murder, My Sweet (1944) and Raw Deal (1948). Yet she was a versatile performer who brought rare emotional depth to her art. She was effective in a range of diverse roles, from an outcast prostitute in John Ford's classic Stagecoach (1939) to the ambitious tennis mother in Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951) to the embittered wife of a landowner in William Wellman's overlooked gem My Man and I (1952). Nominated for three Oscars, she deservedly won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Gaye Dawn, a gangster's broken-down moll in Key Largo (1948). The author covers her life and career in detail, recognizing her as one of the finest actresses of her generation.

Claire Trevor was unparalleled throughout a Hollywood acting career that spanned seven decades. She found reward and critical acclaim hard to come by despite being unexpectedly Oscar nominated as Best Supporting Actress for just a few seconds of powerful dialogue in the movie Dead End (1937), and although she eventually won an Oscar for her portrayal of a down and out gangsters moll in Key Largo (1948), she never really 'made it' to the stratospheric heights of stardom that others took for granted. Despite her magnificently sensitive portrayal of Dallas opposite John Wayne in Fords Stagecoach (1939), a cursory glance in her direction might suggest she was subsequently type-cast in Poverty Row Westerns even as she later transformed into the bad-girl of Film Noire. However she was gloriously successful as a stage performer, radio celebrity and television star and fully deserving of this modern retrospective. The diversity of roles she was prepared to tackle and take in her stride set her apart from more glamorous colleagues and made her the go-to darling of those leading producers and directors who sought out a thoroughly professional and unfussy actress.It seemed that she could almost effortlessly raise the level of what might otherwise have been a humdrum characterisation into one of heart-wrenching clarity. Here, McGivern investigates Trevors many screen representations in detail, often focussing on contemporary dominant historically specific concepts of American society and culture that gave rise to the Western and Film Noire. She delves deep into the life and image of Claire Trevor, looking at how her starring roles often seemed to reflect the tensions, paradoxes and contradictions of a bleak and uncertain future for many Americans who existed in a period of unprecedented national power and prosperity.

A really wonderful Claire Trevor book! This book is your ultimate resource for Claire Trevor. Here you will find the most up-to-date 179 Success Facts, Information, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Claire Trevor's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Key Largo (film) - Plot, 21st Academy Awards, The Adventures of Martin Eden - Cast, Stagecoach (1966 film), 25th Academy Awards - Presenters, 1954 in film - Notable films released in 1954, Key Largo (film) - In popular culture, Shelley Winters - Career, Cesar Romero - Career, Maya Ying Lin - Work after the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, The High and the Mighty (film), Damon Runyon - Film, Marjorie Morningstar (film), 1948 in film - Awards, The Lucky Stiff, Spencer Tracy - Marriage, family and Hepburn, Key Largo (film) - Cast, Kiss Me Goodbye (film) - Cast, Key Largo (film) - Song, Eva Marie Saint - Film debut, TCM Movie Database - TCM Remembers, Crack-Up (1946 film), Stagecoach (1939 film) - Cast, Born to Kill (1947 film) - Plot, Dark Command - Plot summary, The High and the Mighty (film) - Filming, Murder, My Sweet - Critical reception, American Academy of Dramatic Arts - Notable alumni, UC Irvine - Academics, 1963 in film - Notable films released in 1963, The Stranger Wore a Gun - Cast, The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, 1939 in film - Notable films released in 1939, Murder, My Sweet - Cast, Johnny Angel - Cast, The Investigators (American TV series) - Synopsis, Mayo Methot - Personal life, Bad girl movies, Lucy Gallant, Crossroads (1942 film), Claire Trevor - Career, Claire Trevor - Legacy, Two Weeks in Another Town - Cast, and much more...

Emily Mann is one of our most urgently engaging, provocative and significant American playwrights.'' - Joyce Carol Oates ''Elizabeth Packard emerges as a vibrant, passionate force of nature.'' - The New York Times Illinois, 1861; Without proof of insanity, Elizabeth Packard is committed by her husband to an asylum. Based on historical events, Emily Mann's play tells of one woman's struggle to right a system gone wrong in this winner of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award. Emily Mann is a playwright and director, now in her nineteenth season as artistic director of McCarter Theatre. Her award-winning plays have been produced throughout the world.

Claire Trevor was one of the finest character actresses of her day.Often cast as "a lady of the night," or the alluring blonde female fatale, she co-starred in such classic films as DEAD END with Humphrey Bogart, STAGECOACH with John Wayne, MURDER, MY SWEET with Dick Powell, KEY LARGO with Bogart and Edward G. Robinson, for which she won an Academy Award, and THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY with Wayne and an all-star cast.Michael B. Druxman's one-woman play, CLAIRE TREVOR, finds the actress lamenting the fact that her recent return to the stage in THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE did not go well. As she seriously considers retirement from show business, she thinks back over her long career and how she never quite became the major star she wanted to be.

The artists featured in The Black Index--Dennis Delgado, Alicia Henry, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell, and Lava Thomas--build upon the tradition of Black self-representation as an antidote to colonialist images. Their translations of photography challenge the medium's long-assumed qualities of objectivity, legibility, and identification. Using drawing, sculpture, and digital technology to transform the recorded image, these artists question our reliance on photography as a privileged source for documentary objectivity and historical understanding. The works featured here offer an alternative practice--a Black index. In the hands of these six artists, the index still serves as a finding aid for information about Black subjects, but it also challenges viewers' desire for classification and, instead, redirects them toward alternative information.

McGivern investigates Trevor's many screen representations in detail, often focusing on contemporary dominant historically specific concepts of American society and culture that gave rise to the Western and Film Noir. She delves deep into the life and image of Claire Trevor, looking at how her starring roles often seemed to reflect the tensions, paradoxes and contradictions of a bleak and uncertain future for many Americans who existed in a period of unprecedented national power and prosperity.