Elizabeth Taylor: From Child to Adult Star

被美国电影学会评为第七大女银幕传奇人物的伊丽莎白·泰勒被广泛认为是20世纪主要的电影明星之一。然而，尽管她似乎是电影明星的魅力和诱惑力的缩影(作为远远超出电影本身界限的东西)，但她的银幕外生活在媒体上受到的密切关注，以及媒体对她美丽和不断变化的外表的关注，往往会将人们的注意力从她作为演员的成就上转移开。这个项目试图通过对伊丽莎白·泰勒的电影作品进行第一次持续的学术研究来弥补这种忽视。在这样做的过程中，它将审查她表演风格的独特性质及其借鉴的表演传统，她的表演风格在她的职业生涯中演变的方式-以及她的明星形象，她与特定导演和明星合作产生的创作效果，某些电影作为泰勒明星载体的重要性，以及这些元素和其他元素对她整体明星身份形成的贡献。研究泰勒的价值还来自于这样一个事实，即她提供了一个令人着迷的罕见的例子，一个成功地从儿童明星过渡到成人明星的表演者，在研究支撑这一轨迹的复杂动力的过程中，这个项目旨在阐明这个过程中产生的问题。在倡导从自身的角度评估泰勒的电影作品的重要性的同时，这项研究也将考虑她在银幕内外的角色之间经常出现的复杂和充满紧张的互动，以及她更广泛的明星和名人形象对她的作品的发展和接受的影响。在这些领域，这项研究旨在为我们理解伊丽莎白·泰勒作为儿童和成人明星的文化意义做出重大贡献，同时也展示了将表演作为整体研究的核心的价值。

Voted seventh greatest female screen legend by the American Film Institute, Elizabeth Taylor is widely regarded as one of the major film stars of the twentieth century. Yet while she seems to epitomize the glamour and allure of movie stardom (as something that extends well beyond the boundaries of the films themselves), the intense scrutiny that her off-screen life has received in the press has often had the effect, along with the media's preoccupation with her beauty and changing physical appearance, of deflecting attention away from her achievements as an actress. This project seeks to remedy this neglect by offering the first sustained academic study of Elizabeth Taylor's work in film. In doing so, it will examine the distinctive nature of her performing style and the traditions of acting on which it draws, the ways in which her performance style evolved - along with her star persona - during the course of her career, the creative effects arising from her collaborations with particular directors and stars, the importance of certain films as star vehicles for Taylor, and the contribution made by these and other elements to the formation of her overall star identity. The value of studying Taylor also derives from the fact that she offers a fascinatingly rare instance of a performer who managed to make the successful transition from child to adult star and in researching the complex dynamics underpinning this trajectory, this project aims to shed light on the issues arising from such a process. While advocating the importance of assessing Taylor's film work on its own terms, the study will at the same time consider the often complex and tension-ridden interactions that emerged between her on and off-screen personae and the impact of her broader star and celebrity image on the development and reception of her work. In tackling such areas, this research aims to make a major contribution to our understanding of Elizabeth Taylor's cultural significance as both child and adult star while also demonstrating the value of making performance central to the study of stardom as a whole.