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Beyond the looking glass : narcissism and female stardom in studio-era Hollywood / Ana Salzberg.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.W6 S35 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salzberg, Ana, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in the motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles.
- Women in the motion picture industry.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--California--Los Angeles.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Motion picture studios--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion picture studios.
- Motion picture audiences--United States.
- Motion picture audiences.
- Women in motion pictures.
- History.
- California--Los Angeles.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 197 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn, 2014.
- Contents:
- The narcissistic woman: reflections and projections
- Garbo talks: expectation and realization
- Katharine Hepburn and a Hollywood story
- Vanishing differences in Mildred Pierce and Leave her to heaven
- One touch of Venus: Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, and the production code
- "Wherever there's magic": performance time in Sunset Boulevard and All about Eve
- Marilyn Monroe: "the last glimmering of the sacred"
- Neo-screen tests, part one: Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor
- Neo-screen tests, part two: Kidman, Lohan, and the search for Scarlett.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes filmography.
- ISBN:
- 9781782383994
- 1782383999
- OCLC:
- 863195871
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