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Becoming Carole Lombard : stardom, comedy and legacy / Olympia Kiriakou.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kiriakou, Olympia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942.
- Lombard, Carole.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Focusing on an often-ignored and misunderstood star of the classical Hollywood period, the book offers a comprehensive study of Carole Lombard's star persona and films from 1921 to present day"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Carole Lombard, the screwball girl?
- Slapstick, body politics & Sennett Girl comedies
- Hollywood's best dressed star (1929
- 1934)
- The queen of screwball comedy
- "Goodbye Carole 'screwball' Lombard, hello Mrs 'Ma' Gable" : gen-der, identity and the classical Hollywood star couple
- Lombard gets dramatic : melodrama, domesticity and performance
- "If women ruled the world" : Lombard as proto-feminist
- Conclusion : Carole Lombard's legacy, 1942
- present.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781501350757
- 1501350757
- 9781501350764
- 1501350765
- 9781501350740
- 1501350749
- OCLC:
- 1120784749
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