worlds coolest movie star . the complete 95 films and legend of jean gabin . volume two comeback patriarch .
volume two of two . france . germany . italy . russia . poland . czech republic . romania . mexico . japan . iran . all over the world everywhere except in the u.s. the legendary jean gabin continues to be considered one of the greatest movie stars of all time . in the u.s. hes definitely considered to be a cult figure in 2002 twin gabin festivals were presented at the los angeles county museum of art and at the walter reade theatres in new york but for the vast moviegoing public and just like a lot of the greats hes fallen off of the radar . p thats about to change however because in 2008 allenwood press presents the very first english language and two volume book about jean gabin ever . theres not even an old out of print book about gabin in english if you can believe that p worlds coolest movie star the complete 95 films and legend of jean gabin by charles zigman volume two which has been subtitled comeback patriarch covers films 47 through 95 which gabin made between 1954 and 1976 . during this period of his career instead of playing his famous tragic drifter character he played a series of mega cool gentleman criminals and world weary yet life loving patriarchs and he even turned out some hilarious comedies during this period which are criminally unknown in the u.s. the tone of the book is fun as opposed to academic and pretentious and its goal is to introduce as many people as possible to the films of gabin ; to that end this book is loaded with rare photographs many of which have never appeared even in previously published french language books about gabin . p this is a book for jean gabin newbies and completists both for the uninitiated there are some biography and intro chapters which place gabin and his famous big screen persona into perspective . for the completists i the author have unpacked every single one of jean gabins ninety five theatrical feature films even the more than fifty pictures which have never been subtitled into english before so that readers can feel by poring through the chapters that they are actually seeing the films first hand . excerpts from newspapers written back in the day both in the u.s. and in europe show how prominent movie critics received gabins pictures the day they were first released in the 1930s through the 1970s . p in short this two volume book is for everybody . besides being the first books about jean gabin in the english language worlds coolest movie star is also a first because it happens to be the very first filmography book related to gabin in any language even in france where there have been many published biographies of jean gabin there has never been a book concentrating on each of the actors ninety five films . p brigitte bardot contributed an original foreword to volume two . volume one is available separately isbn 978 0 9799722 0 1 .