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Claire Trevor : the life and films of the queen of noir / Derek Sculthorpe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sculthorpe, Derek, 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trevor, Claire, 1909-2000.
- Trevor, Claire.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (199 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Claire Trevor (1910-2000) is best remembered as the alluring blonde femme fatale. Yet she was a versatile performer who brought rare emotional depth to her art. The author covers her life and career in detail, recognizing her as one of the finest actresses of her generation"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "Lady-in-waiting
- Broadway sojourn
- Hollywood "vacation"
- B-movie queen
- Sophisticated lady
- The queen escapes from the "B" hive
- Radio interlude
- Stagecoach
- "I'm not the Western type"
- The war years: street of chance
- Femme fatale
- Queen of noir
- "Come on, Lady Bountiful!"
- Hard, fast and beautiful
- The high and the mighty
- The small screen
- The sixties
- Swansong
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Appearances."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3069-0
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