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Lawrence Tierney : Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy /
"Lawrence Tierney (1919-2002) was the kind of actor whose natural swagger and gruff disposition made him the perfect fit for the Hollywood "tough guy" archetype. Known for his erratic and oftentimes violent nature, Tierney drew upon his bellicose reputation throughout his career-a rep...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky,
[2022]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Violence, chaos, and drunkenness
- 2. Poverty row
- 3. Public enemy no. 1
- 4. The battle of decker's lawn
- 5. Falling off the table
- 6. Not so tough-and not Gene Tierney
- 7. The drunk farm
- 8. The milk wagon
- 9. "Hello, sucker"
- 10. The anti-Tierney
- 11. In like Dillinger
- 12. Taxicab confessions
- 13. Again
- 14. The payoff
- 15. The respectful prostitute
- 16. 5:30 A.M.
- 17. Barefoot
- 18. Socialite socked
- 19. Making faces
- 20. Year of the wag
- 21. Pink elephants
- 22. Banished
- 23. Diminishing returns
- 24. The burglar
- 25. Get your kicks
- 26. Skidville Avenue
- 27. In like Flynn
- 28. Chinatown
- 29. Incident at P.J.'s
- 30. Fights
- 31. "Highly confused and largely incoherent"
- 32. World's fair
- 33. Exile
- 34. Fatso
- 35. Stabbed
- 36. "From stardom to hansom"
- 37. "I think I'm going to jump"
- 38. Bad
- 39. All in the family
- 40. Renaissance man
- 41. Reservoir dog
- 42. Natural born killer
- 43. Armageddon
- 44. Dead as Dillinger.