Starring Cary Grant: Casting and performance in classical Hollywood film

选角、表演和表演是电影研究中研究不足的领域。我的研究旨在建立一个总体框架来分析电影表演的近距离和精确的细节，同时也考虑到制作背景。该框架侧重于：物理和近距离表演；明星与类型的关系；反式铸造；还有星际飞船的想法。对电影表演进行如此细致的分析是不寻常的，但将这种方法与制作背景和选角结合起来是独一无二的。因此，它也将加强对好莱坞工作室系统中经济和创意因素之间关系的理解。具体来说，这项研究集中在加里·格兰特身上——根据大卫·汤姆森的说法，他是“电影史上最好、最重要的演员”。我的目标是探索格兰特在一系列电影和类型中的选角和表演方面，包括《养育孩子》、《只有天使有翅膀》、《城镇之谈》、《黑夜与白昼》、《西北偏北》和《猜字游戏》。对于这种分析，格兰特是一个特别有趣的人物：他是最早获得相对独立性和对选角控制权的好莱坞明星之一，包括建立自己的制作公司；但他也与阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克和霍华德·霍克斯等著名导演合作过。这种结合使研究能够重新评估演员/明星和导演/导演之间的工作关系对创作过程的影响。

Casting, acting and performance are under-researched areas within film studies. My research aims to develop a general framework for analysing film acting in close and precise detail, while also taking the production context into account. This framework focuses on: physical and close-up performance; the relationships between star and genre; casting against type; and the idea of the star vehicle. Such close analysis of film acting is unusual, but the combination of this approach with production contexts and casting is unique. It will therefore also enhance understanding of the relationships between economic and creative factors within the Hollywood studio system.Specifically, the research focuses on Cary Grant - according to David Thomson, 'the best and most important actor in the history of the cinema'. I aim to explore aspects of Grant's casting and performance across a range of films and genres, including Bringing Up Baby, Only Angels Have Wings, The Talk of the Town, Night and Day, North by Northwest and Charade. Grant is a particularly interesting figure for such analysis: he was one of the earliest Hollywood stars to gain relative independence and control over casting, including setting up his own production companies; but he also worked with celebrated directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Howard Hawks. This combination enables the research to re-evaluate the ways in which the working relationships between actor/star and director/auteur impact on the creative process.