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Hollywood greats of the golden years : the late stars of the 20s through the 50s / J.G. Ellrod.
Van Pelt Library PN1998.2 .E45 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellrod, J. G., 1924-
- Series:
- McFarland classics.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- United States.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2002.
- Summary:
- Americas dream capital achieved its greatest influence in the 30s, when many of these now-gone stars were at their peak, and lasted until television invaded American living rooms in the 50s. Chosen for inclusion were men and women who were universally recognized as "stars" in the Hollywood sense, and who were no longer alive as of December 31, 1988. Fred Astaire, Jack Benny, Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Bing Crosby, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Al Jolson, Vivien Leigh, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Will Rogers, Gloria Swanson, Spencer Tracy, Mae West--these are a few of the 81 stars covered, with biographies and filmographies of each. Numerous movie stills, complete index.
- Contents:
- Hollywood Greats of the Golden Years
- George Arliss 1
- Fred Astaire 3
- Mary Astor 6
- Tallulah Bankhead 8
- John Barrymore 11
- Warner Baxter 13
- Wallace Beery 16
- Constance Bennett 18
- Jack Benny 20
- Ingrid Bergman 23
- Humphrey Bogart 25
- Charles Boyer 29
- George Brent 31
- Joe E. Brown 34
- James Cagney 36
- Eddie Cantor 40
- Madeleine Carroll 42
- Charlie Chaplin 45
- Montgomery Clift 47
- Ronald Colman 49
- Gary Cooper 51
- Joan Crawford 54
- Bing Crosby 57
- Marion Davies 60
- James Dean 63
- Melvyn Douglas 66
- Marie Dressler 68
- Nelson Eddy 71
- W.C. Fields 73
- Errol Flynn 75
- Henry Fonda 78
- Kay Francis 82
- Clark Gable 85
- John Garfield 88
- Judy Garland 90
- Janet Gaynor 93
- Betty Grable 95
- Cary Grant 98
- Ann Harding 102
- Jean Harlow 104
- Susan Hayward 106
- Rita Hayworth 109
- Sonja Henie 112
- Miriam Hopkins 114
- Leslie Howard 116
- Al Jolson 119
- Grace Kelly 121
- Alan Ladd 123
- Mario Lanza 126
- Charles Laughton 128
- Vivien Leigh 131
- Carole Lombard 133
- Hattie McDaniel 135
- Jeanette MacDonald 138
- Victor McLaglen 140
- Fredric March 143
- Marx Brothers 146
- Marilyn Monroe 149
- Robert Montgomery 152
- Paul Muni 155
- Merle Oberon 158
- Dick Powell 160
- Eleanor Powell 162
- William Powell 165
- Tyrone Power 168
- Elvis Presley 170
- Claude Rains 173
- Edward G. Robinson 176
- Will Rogers 179
- Rosalind Russell 182
- Randolph Scott 185
- Norma Shearer 188
- Ann Sheridan 190
- Margaret Sullavan 194
- Gloria Swanson 197
- Robert Taylor 199
- Spencer Tracy 202
- John Wayne 206
- Clifton Webb 211
- Mae West 213
- Warren William 215.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 1989.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0786412100
- OCLC:
- 83079167
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