What dreams were made of : movie stars of the 1940s /

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What Dreams Were Made Of examines the performers who helped define American cinema in the 1940s, a decade of rapid and repeated upheaval for Hollywood and the United States. Through insightful discussions of key films as well as studio publicity and fan magazines, the essays in this collection analy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Griffin, Sean
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Star decades: American culture/American cinema.
Temas:
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
PERFORMING ARTS > Acting & Auditioning.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > General.
Motion picture actors and actresses
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Film.
United States
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : stardom in the 1940s / Sean Griffin
  • Abbott and Costello: Who's on first / David Sedman
  • Gene Autry and Roy Rogers: the light of western stars / Ed Buscombe
  • Ingrid Bergman: the face of authenticity in the land of illusion / Robin Blaetz
  • Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall: tough guy and cool dame / Rick Worland
  • Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, and Barbara Stanwyck: American homefront women / David M. Lugowski
  • Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney: babes and beyond / Sean Griffin
  • Greer Garson: gallant ladies and British wartime femininity / Hannah Hamad
  • Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth: pinned up / Adrienne L. McLean
  • Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn: domesticated mavericks / Charlie Kiel
  • John Wayne: hero, leading man, innocent, and troubled figure / Edward Countryman
  • In the wings / Sean Griffin.

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