| Description |
ix, 297 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Star decades: American culture/American cinema |
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Star decades: American culture/American cinema.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: stardom in the 1930s / Adrienne L. McLean -- Not of Hollywood: Ruth Chatterton, Ann Harding, Constance Bennett, Kay Francis, and Nancy Carroll / Mary Desjardins -- Shirley Temple: making dreams come true / Kathryn Fuller-Seeley -- Gary Cooper: rugged elegance / Corey K. Creekmur -- Bette Davis: worker and queen / Lucy Fischer -- Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo: the sexy hausfrau vs. the Swedish sphinx / Alexander Doty -- Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford: rivals at the glamour factory / David M. Lugowski -- Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland: romancing through history / Ina Rae Hark -- Jean Harlow: tragic blonde / Susan Ohmer -- Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers: modernizing class / Adam Knee -- Myrna Loy and William Powell : the perfect screen couple / James Castonguay -- Clark Gable: the king of Hollywood / Christine Becker -- In the wings / Adrienne L. McLean. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
McLean, Adrienne L.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780813549040 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780813549057 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780813552330 (electronic bk.) |
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