Description: Film studies scholars, film students, and those interested in Hollywood history and the legacy of Gene Tierney will be delighted by this read.
Brief description: Will Scheibel is associate professor of English at Syracuse University, where he teaches film and screen studies. He is the coauthor of Twin Peaks, a volume in the TV Milestones Series (Wayne State University Press, 2020), with Julie Grossman. His articles have appeared in numerous journals, including Camera Obscura, Film Criticism, Journal of Gender Studies, and Celebrity Studies.
Review Quotes:
Scheibel's book is not a biography. It is a thorough analysis of the evolution of an influential and enigmatic figure of film history. Always thorough and painstaking in provision of details, the book prompted this reader to take a second look at World War II era filmmaking and the studio system Hollywood from a new perspective.
-- "The Journal of Noir Con"