Stuntwomen : the untold Hollywood story / Mollie Gregory.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stunts are fundamental to the movies. 'Stuntwomen' examines the largely unexplored profession of stuntwomen in the American entertainment industry from the silent movie era to the 2000's.

Contents:

Front cover

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1 The Rise and Fall of Female Stunt Players in Silent Movies

2 Blackface and Wigs

3 Television

4 Stunt Performers Organize

5 Social Turmoil Brings New Opportunities for Women and Minorities

6 The Women's Movement and Female Action Heroes

7 Disaster Movies and Disastrous Stunts

8 Stunt Safety and Gender Discrimination

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 Car Stunts

16 Computer-Generated Imagery and the Future of Stunt Work

17 Controversy and Progress for Stuntwomen

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780813166759

0813166756

9780813166247

0813166241

9780813166230

0813166233

OCLC:

923010559