Cargando…
Marie Dressler : the unlikeliest star /
"" She was homely, overweight, and over the hill, but there was a time when Marie Dressler outdrew such cinema sex symbols as Garbo, Dietrich, and Harlow. To movie audiences suffering the hardships of the Great Depression, she was Everywoman, and in the early 1930s her charming mixture of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©1997.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "" She was homely, overweight, and over the hill, but there was a time when Marie Dressler outdrew such cinema sex symbols as Garbo, Dietrich, and Harlow. To movie audiences suffering the hardships of the Great Depression, she was Everywoman, and in the early 1930s her charming mixture of pathos and comedy packed movie theaters everywhere. In the early days of the century, Dressler was constantly in the headlines. She took up the cause of the ""ponies"" in the chorus lines, earning them better pay and benefits. She played in productions organized to raise money for the women's suffrage move. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 318 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Filmography: pages 270-274. Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-303) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813145716 0813145716 9780813145723 0813145724 0813170052 9780813170053 |