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Phantom lady : Hollywood producer Joan Harrison, the forgotten woman behind Hitchcock / Christina Lane.
Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.H3688 L36 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lane, Christina, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harrison, Joan, 1907-1994.
- Harrison, Joan.
- Women motion picture producers and directors--Great Britain--Biography.
- Women motion picture producers and directors.
- Women screenwriters--Great Britain--Biography.
- Women screenwriters.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "The untold story of Hollywood's most powerful female writer-producer of the 1940s, Joan Harrison, who grew from being the worst secretary Alfred Hitchcock ever had to one of his closest collaborators, critically shaping his brand as the "Master of Suspense""-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- At home
- Wartime
- Beyond the village
- True crime pays
- Bigger steps
- A team of three
- Going Hollywood
- Oscar calls
- Building suspense
- Hitting hurdles
- Phantom lady
- New associations
- Bedeviling endings
- Crimes and misdemeanors
- Let it ride
- Full circle, by degrees
- A new proposal
- Back on top
- Into the unknown.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-370) and index.
- Includes filmography (pages 287-315).
- Other Format:
- Online version: Lane, Christina, Phantom lady
- ISBN:
- 9781613733844
- 1613733844
- OCLC:
- 1099569635
- Publisher Number:
- 99984253266
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