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Joan Crawford : The Essential Biography /

"" Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography explores the life and career of one of Hollywood's great dames. She was a leading film personality for more than fifty years, from her beginnings as a dancer in silent films of the 1920s, to her portrayals of working-class shop girls in the De...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Quirk, Lawrence J.
Autres auteurs: Schoell, William
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, 2002.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:"" Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography explores the life and career of one of Hollywood's great dames. She was a leading film personality for more than fifty years, from her beginnings as a dancer in silent films of the 1920s, to her portrayals of working-class shop girls in the Depression thirties, to her Oscar-winning performances in classic films such as Mildred Pierce. Crawford's legacy has become somewhat tarnished in the wake of her daughter Christina's memoir, Mommie Dearest, which turned her into a national joke. Today, many picture Crawford only as a wire hanger-wielding shrew r
Description matérielle:1 online resource (344 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813144108