{"product_id":"jean-gabin-joseph-harriss-9780813198750","title":"Jean Gabin: The Actor Who Was France","description":"Jean Gabin was more than just a star of iconic movies still screened in film festivals around the world. To many, he was France itself. During his 45-year career, he acted in 95 films, including \u003ci\u003eLe Quai des Brumes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa Grande Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTouchez Pas au Grisbi\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrench Cancan\u003c\/i\u003e. From his start as a reluctant song and dance man at the Moulin Rouge and Folies Bergere, Gabin became a first-magnitude actor under such directors as Julien Duvivier, Marcel Carne and Jean Renoir. This revealing biography traces his involvement in the \u003ci\u003erealisme poetique\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003efilm noir\u003c\/i\u003e movements of the 1930s and 1940s, his unhappy Hollywood years, his role in the World War II liberation of France, his tumultuous affairs with Michele Morgan and Marlene Dietrich and his real-life role as a Normandy gentleman farmer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Harriss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813198755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813198750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.83w x 1.02d","brand":"Joseph Harriss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120285249791,"sku":"9780813198750","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e0adda5-7cc0-43f1-a4bc-e4437f0c9e45.jpg?v=1687413505","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jean-gabin-joseph-harriss-9780813198750","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}