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Damsels and divas : European stardom in silent Hollywood /
"Damsels and Divas investigates the meanings of Europeanness in Hollywood during the 1920s by charting professional trajectories of three movie stars: Pola Negri, Vilma Bánky and Jetta Goudal. It combines the investigation of American fan magazines with the analysis of studio documents, and th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
2020.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Pola Negri and Romance: 'Ah love! It's not for me.'
- Pola Negri as The Vamp: 'Temptatious Pola assailed picture citadel by storm.'
- Vilma Bánky and Whiteness: 'The almost perfect Anglo-Saxon type, more English than the English.'
- Vilma Bánky as The Leading Lady: 'Bedecked in flowing gowns (...) and layers of pearls and jewels.'
- Vilma Bánky and Marriage: 'My mother brought me up to be a wife.'
- Jetta Goudal and Exoticism: 'She looks like a beautiful Cossack. She looks like an Oriental princess.'
- Jetta Goudal and Mystery: 'A riddle in the city of eager autobiographies.'
- Jetta Goudal and Temperament: 'The most temperamental actress.'
- Conclusion.