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Killer Tomatoes

Fifteen Tough Film Dames

Laura Wagner author Ray Hagen author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:1st Oct '04

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No delicate ingenues, these. In the middle of the twentieth century, the Mary Pickfords of the movie world were replaced by a different sort of woman--drop-dead gorgeous, witty, not afraid to speak their minds, they could slay you with a look--and if that didn't work, look out for the pistol in the garter. These ground-breaking actresses helped change the course of movie history, charting a path for generations to come.

These profiles of fifteen leading ladies--Lucille Ball, Lynn Bari, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Gloria Grahame, Jean Hagen, Adele Jergens, Ida Lupino, Marilyn Maxwell, Mercedes McCambridge, Jane Russell, Ann Sheridan, Barbara Stanwyck, Claire Trevor and Marie Windsor--include overviews of their lives and careers, and excerpts from interviews. Five photos supplement each profile. Jane Russell (one of the actresses profiled) provides a foreword.

“this book fetes the most fascinating women onscreen in the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s”—Classic Images.

ISBN: 9780786418831

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm

Weight: 490g

279 pages