O.K. You Mugs

Writers on Movie Actors

Lucy Sante, Melissa Pierson

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Vintage Books
15 December 2000

Film theory & criticism; Humour

In this superb collection of essays edited by Luc Sante, author of Lowlife, and Melissa Holbrook Pierson, writers as diverse as John Updike, Patti Smith, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic pay to homage the famous and the lesser known actors (some megastars, some lesser lights) who illuminate our Hollywood dreams.

From a side-splitting tribute to Elmer Fudd to an earnest lament at the absence of great fat actors today, O.K. You Mugs is a dazzling anthology that focuses on those remarkable talents who gave some of the most memorable performances in the history of Hollywood. These essays are sure to delight any reader who claims to care about the movies.

Including- o Jacqueline Carey on Margaret Dumont o Dana Gioia on Movie Fat Men o David Hajdu in Elmer Fudd o Greil Marcus on J.

T Walsh o Patti Smith on Jeanne Moreau o Charles Simic on Gene Tierney o John Updike on Doris Day

Edited by: Lucy Sante, Melissa Pierson
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 261g
ISBN: 9780375700927
ISBN 10: 0375700927
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 15 December 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Timothy Carey by Chris Tsakis Mitchum Gets Out of Jail by Dave Hickey Endless Melody Starring by Jonathan Williams Barbara Payton: A Memoir by Robert Polito Dana Andrews, or the Male Mask by Geoffrey O'Brien Liz Taylor by Ginny Dougary Warren Oates, 1928–1982 by Melissa Holbrook Pierson Jeanne Moreau by Patti Smith The Decline of the Actor by Manny Farber Madhur Jaffrey by Patricia Storace Tom and Jerry Graduate From High School by Ron Padgett J.T. Walsh by Greil Marcus Dan Duryea by Frank Kogan Shined Shoes by Stuart Klawans Suzie Creamcheese Speaks by John Updike With Gene Tierney in Paris by Charles Simic Golly: On Jean Authur by Mark Rudman Thelma Ritter by Linda Yablonsky Rogues' Gallery by Luc Sante Elmer Fudd by David Hajdu Warner Bros.' Fat Men by Dana Gioia Franklin Pangborn: An Apologia by Siri Hustvedt Robert Carlyle by Malu Halasa Margaret Dumont by Jacqueline Carey Angelo Rossitto by Michael J. Weldon Afterword by Chris Offutt

Lucy Sante and Melissa Holbrook Pierson live in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews for O.K. You Mugs: Writers on Movie Actors

O.K. You Mugs ends up celebrating the word as much as the image. --Time Out New York [A] stylish ode to characters bigger than life-- --Library Journal I plead for a follow-up volume. --The San Diego Union-Tribune