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C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Stardom in the 1940s 1 SEAN GRIFFIN 1 Abbott and Costello:Who’s on First? 12 DAVID SEDMAN 2 Gene Autry and Roy Rogers:The Light of Western Stars 33 EDWARD BUSCOMBE 3 Ingrid Bergman:The Face of Authenticity in the Land of Illusion 50 ROBIN BLAETZ 4 Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall:Tough Guy and Cool Dame 70 RICK WORLAND 5 Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, and Barbara Stanwyck: American Homefront Women 96 DAVID M. LUGOWSKI 6 Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney: Babes and Beyond 120 SEAN GRIFFIN 7 Greer Garson: Gallant Ladies and British Wartime Femininity 142 HANNAH HAMAD 8 Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth: Pinned Up 166 ADRIENNE L. McLEAN 9 Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn: Domesticated Mavericks 192 CHARLIE KEIL 10 John Wayne: Hero, Leading Man, Innocent, and Troubled Figure 217 EDWARD COUNTRYMAN In the Wings 235 SEAN GRIFFIN Works Cited 239 Contributors 245 Index 247 ★★★★★★★★★★ ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ ...

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