…After an amateur theatrical troupe, he joined the University Players, a theater group, and continued to work with Joshua Logan, who later became a Broadway director, and James Stewart, who became a Broadway-Hollywood star. He began appearing on the Broadway stage in minor roles in 1929, and attracted attention for playing the lead role in The Farmer's Wife (1934), which was followed by A New Face, and made his screen debut in the film adaptation of that work, A Canal Breeze (1935). He embodied the "little conscience of America" in films such as Henry Hathaway's The Pine Tree (1936), Fritz Lang's Bullet Hole (1937), William Wyler's The Black Orchid Woman (1938), John Ford's Young Lincoln (1939), and The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and attracted attention as a talented star. … *Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Canal Breeze" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…アマチュア劇団をへて,演劇集団〈ユニバーシティ・プレーヤーズ〉に加わり,のちにブロードウェーの演出家になるジョシュア・ローガン,ブロードウェーからハリウッドのスターになるジェームズ・スチュアートたちと活動をつづける。1929年から端役でブロードウェーの舞台に立ち,《ニュー・フェース》につづく《農夫の妻》(1934)の主役を演じて注目を浴び,その映画化作品《運河のそよ風》(1935)でスクリーンにデビュー。ヘンリー・ハサウェー監督《丘の一本松》(1936),フリッツ・ラング監督《暗黒街の弾痕》(1937),ウィリアム・ワイラー監督《黒蘭の女》(1938),ジョン・フォード監督《若き日のリンカーン》(1939),《怒りの葡萄》(1940)などで〈アメリカの小さな良心〉を体現し,演技力のあるスターとして注目される。… ※「《運河のそよ風》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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