Abstract
The art of the wink encapsulates and epitomizes Miriam Hopkins’s comedic skill, a virtuosity that proved of singular importance in Lubitsch’s transition from the gestural language of silent films to the vociferous ideologies of talking pictures. In three successive, increasingly inventive, morally adventurous f ilms-The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), Trouble in Paradise (1932), and Design for Living (1933)-Hopkins modernized Lubitsch’s Old World sophistication in physically and vocally inflected performances that announced a new comic figure: the woman who winks, we might call this screen avatar of openly desirous, exuberantly modern, morally reckless (even cheerfully larcenous!) womanhood.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | New Approaches to Ernst Lubitsch |
| Subtitle of host publication | A Light Touch |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 161-176 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781040795453 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789463729895 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2025 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Arts and Humanities
- General Social Sciences
Keywords
- caricature
- cash
- impersonation
- law of thirds
- sexual triangle
- Woman who winks
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