Femme Noir Bad Girls of Film

Name: Femme Noir Bad Girls of Film
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ISBN: 9780786446827

ISBN-10: 078644682X

ISBN-13: 9780786446827

Edition: 2010 (Alternate)

Authors: Karen Burroughs Hannsberry

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What could be more unsettling than the steely look on Gene Tierney's face as she watches her young brother-in-law drown in Leave Her to Heaven? Or Barbara Stanwyck's voice in Double Indemnity as she coolly tells her lover that it is "straight down the line for both of us" in their plot to murder her husband. Though often thought of as primarily male vehicles, films noirs offered some of the most complex female roles of any movies of the 1940s and 1950s. Stars such as Stanwyck, Tierney and Crawford produced some of their finest performances in noir, while such lesser known actresses as Peggie Castle, Hope Emerson and Helen Walker made a lasting impression on moviegoers with their roles in…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 12/18/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 643
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.29" tall
Weight: 1.122



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Lauren Bacall


Joan Bennett


Ann Blyth


Peggie Castle


Jeanne Crain


Joan Crawford


Peggy Cummins


Rosemary DeCamp


Yvonne DeCarlo


Faye Emerson


Hope Emerson


Rhonda Fleming


Nina Foch


Sally Forrest


Ava Gardner


Gloria Grahame


Coleen Gray


Jane Greer


Jean Hagen


Dorothy Hart


Signe Hasso


Susan Hayward


Rita Hayworth


Virginia Huston


Adele Jergens


Evelyn Keyes


Veronica Lake


Ida Lupino


Dorothy Malone


Marilyn Monroe


Agnes Moorehead


Cathy O'Donnell


Dorothy Patrick


Jean Peters


Ella Raines


Ruth Roman


Gail Russell


Jane Russell


Lizabeth Scott


Barbara Stanwyck


Jan Sterling


Gene Tierney


Audrey Totter


Claire Trevor


Lana Turner


Helen Walker


Marie Windsor


Shelley Winters


Loretta Young


Bibliography


Index