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- Glamour in a Golden Age: Movie Stars of the 1930s
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
- Series: Star Decades: American Culture/American
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Shirley Temple, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo, William Powell and Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, and Gary Cooper-Glamour in a Golden Age presents original essays from eminent film scholars that analyze movie stars of the 1930s against the background of contemporary American cultural history.
Stardom is approached as an effect of, and influence on, the particular historical and industrial contexts that enabled these actors and actresses to be discovered, featured in films, publicized, and to become recognized and admired-sometimes even notorious-parts of the cultural landscape. Using archival and popular material, including fan and mass market magazines, other promotional and publicity material, and of course films themselves, contributors also discuss other artists who were incredibly popular at the time, among them Ann Harding, Ruth Chatterton, Nancy Carroll, Kay Francis, and Constance Bennett.
Stardom is approached as an effect of, and influence on, the particular historical and industrial contexts that enabled these actors and actresses to be discovered, featured in films, publicized, and to become recognized and admired-sometimes even notorious-parts of the cultural landscape. Using archival and popular material, including fan and mass market magazines, other promotional and publicity material, and of course films themselves, contributors also discuss other artists who were incredibly popular at the time, among them Ann Harding, Ruth Chatterton, Nancy Carroll, Kay Francis, and Constance Bennett.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 3. Gary Cooper: Rugged Elegance
- pp. 66-83
- 4. Bette Davis: Worker and Queen
- pp. 84-107
- 8. Jean Harlow: Tragic Blonde
- pp. 174-195
- 11. Clark Gable: The King of Hollywood
- pp. 245-266
- In the Wings
- pp. 267-272
- Works Cited
- pp. 273-280
- Contributors
- pp. 281-284
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813552330
Related ISBN(s)
9780813549040
MARC Record
OCLC
778339951
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No