Peter Lorre: Face Maker: Constructing Stardom and Performance in Hollywood and Europe (Film Europa)

by SarahThomas (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2012

  $124.71

  Peter Lorre described himself as merely a face-maker. His own negative attitude also characterizes traditional perspectives on the actor's career which position Lorre as a tragic figure within film history: the promising European artist reduced to a Hollywood gimmick, unable to escape the murderous image of his role in Fritz Lang's M.