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Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties

Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Axel NissenAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2011-07-01Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786461103ISBN-10:786461101UPC:9780786461103Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:9.90 x 6.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC4JKYTDR4

Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties

Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz --all were unforgettable characters who played an integral part in some of Hollywood's most memorable productions. For over three decades, from the 1930s to the 1950s, character actresses who brought such roles to life were one of Hollywood's great but little acknowledged assets. Often lured from Broadwa...

Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786461103ISBN-10:786461101UPC:9780786461103Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:9.90 x 6.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC4JKYTDR4
Axel Nissen is a professor of American literature in the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of Oslo in Norway.
Publisher: McFarland & Company

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