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Author

Hallett, Hilary A., 1968-

Title Go west, young women! [electronic resource] : the rise of early Hollywood / Hilary A. Hallett.

Imprint

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2013.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	ix, 314 p. : ill.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
	Includes filmography.
Contents	Along the road to Hollywood: landscapes "in motion-picture land". "Oh for a girl who could ride a horse like pearl white": the actress democratizes fame -- Women-made women: writing the "movies" before Hollywood -- Melodramas of Hollywood's birth: the postwar revolution in morals and manners, redux. Hollywood bohemia -- The movie menace -- A star is born: rereading Hollywood's first sex scandal -- Conclusion: the girl from Hollywood.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Women in the motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
	Motion picture actors and actresses -- California -- Los Angeles.
	Motion pictures and women -- United States.
	Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780520274082 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780520274099 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780520953680 (electronic bk.)