The International Years (v. 2)

This newly reed and updated edition of Volume 2 celebrates around 200 performers who rose to fame in the period after World War II and in subsequent decades. It features amongst them Marlon Brando, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Doris Day, Clint Eastwood, Burt Lancaster, Sophia Loren, Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Marcello Mastroianni, Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Steve McQueen, Sean Connery, Mel Brooks and Brigitte Bardot. But, since Hollywood has dominated the world film market to a lesser degree since the war, the author has also included familiar stars from other countries such as Louis Jouvet, Anna Magnai, Anouk Aimee and Melina Mercouri. For each artist there is a detailed career survey including the titles of all the star's films and any ysis of critical and financial success. Quotes from contemporary rews, salary figures and contract facts are woven into the biographies, as well as details of the roles that were rejected and the films that never got made.