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Title: Sabu
Condition: New
Author: Michael Lawrence
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9781844574551
ISBN: 9781844574551
Publisher: BFI Publishing
Genre: Films & TV
Topic: Music Dance & Theatre
Release Date: 08/15/2014
Description: The first Indian to become an international film star, Sabu rose to fame as a child actor in Elephant Boy (1937), and subsequently appeared in a succession of British pictures before relocating to Hollywood, where he died in 1963. Repeatedly cast in orientalist extravaganzas and jungle thrillers, he was associated with the 'exotic' and the 'primitive' in ways that reflected contemporary attitudes towards India and 'the East' more generally.

In this captivating study, Michael Lawrence explores the historical, political, cultural contexts of Sabu's popularity as a star, and considers the technological and industrial shifts that shaped his career – from the emergence of Technicolor in the late 1930s to the breakdown of the studio system in the 1950s. Attending to the detail of Sabu's distinctively physical performances, Lawrence shows how his agency as an actor enabled him to endure, exceed and exploit his unique star image.

Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 235mm
Item Length: 155mm
Release Year: 2014

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