Famous Faces Yet Not Themselves: The Misfits and Icons of Postwar America

by George Kouvaros

The 1961 film The Misfits saw the collaboration of director John Huston with playwright Arthur Miller and brought together on screen Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe in what would be their final roles. Adding to the production's luster, the elite photo agency Magnum was hired to do the on-set photography. The photographs of this landmark film represent the end of an era of Hollywood stardom and the emergence of a new vision of the actor's craft. In...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081664747X
• ISBN13: 9780816647477
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.5"