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Stuntwomen : the untold Hollywood story / Mollie Gregory.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.W6 G744 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gregory, Mollie, author.
- Series:
- Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)
- Screen classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women stunt performers.
- Women in the motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles--History.
- Women in the motion picture industry.
- History.
- California--Los Angeles.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015]
- Contents:
- 1 The Rise and Fall of Female Stunt Players in Silent Movies
- 2 Blackface and Wigs
- 3 Television
- 4 Stunt Performers Organize
- 5 Socail Trumoil Brings New Opportunities for Women and Minorities
- 6 The Women's Movement and Female Action Heroes
- 7 Disaster Movies and Disastrous Stunts
- 8 Female Stunt Coordinators Battle for Safety
- 9 Danger, Drugs, and Death
- 10 Breaking the Code of Silence
- 11 Women's New Attitudes and Ambitions
- 12 Julie Johnson's Day in Court
- 13 High Falls
- 14 Stunt Fights
- 15 Cat Stunts
- 16 Computer-Generated Imagery and the Future of Stunt Work
- 17 Controversy and Progress for Stuntwomen.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813166223
- 0813166225
- OCLC:
- 908071890
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