Hollywood diva : a biography of Jeanette MacDonald /

Based in large part on the author's exclusive access to MacDonald's private papers, including her unpublished memoir, this biography transports us to a time when lavish musical films were major cultural events and a worldwide public eagerly awaited each new chance to fall under the singer&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Turk, Edward Baron
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1998.
Temas:
MacDonald, Jeanette, > 1903-1965.
MacDonald, Jeanette, > (1903-1965) > Biographies.
MacDonald, Jeanette.
Sopranos (Singers) > United States.
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
Sopranos (Chanteurs) > États-Unis.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Entertainment & Performing Arts.
PERFORMING ARTS > Acting & Auditioning.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Sopranos (Singers)
Acteurs de cinéma > États-Unis > Biographies.
Singers > Biography.
American actors > Biography.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Born to sing
  • "Now everybody's got to clap!"
  • Scandals
  • Twinkling stars and four-leaf clovers
  • A fair princess on Broadway
  • Lingerie queen of the talkies
  • Lubitsch and Chevalier
  • Only a nose
  • Vive la France!
  • Mr. Mayer and the widow
  • Hollywood diva
  • An all-American team
  • The iron butterfly
  • Hollywood diva
  • Middlebrow muse
  • The soprano militant
  • Echoes of sweet song
  • Battles operatic
  • A graceful exit
  • Distress signals
  • "Carve your name in human hearts"
  • "Just the echo of a sigh."

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