Three Hollywood Stalwarts in Literature: A Study in Film Perception Through References to Peck, Mitchum and Holden

This book focuses on the perception of the names, personae, performances and films of three Hollywood megastars, Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and William Holden, as presented in the references and allusions encountered in American and foreign literature. Its secondary aim is to establish the 'impact factor' of the three actors and their major films and provide extensive data for further studies on the complex and bilateral relationships between film and literature.

The pertinent quotations ...