Go west, young women! : the rise of early Hollywood /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hallett, Hilary A., 1968-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press 2013.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt24hsmb
Table of Contents:
  • Along the road to Hollywood: landscapes "in motion-picture land". "Oh for a girl who could ride a horse like pearl white": the actress democratizes fame
  • Women-made women: writing the "movies" before Hollywood
  • Melodramas of Hollywood's birth: the postwar revolution in morals and manners, redux. Hollywood bohemia
  • The movie menace
  • A star is born: rereading Hollywood's first sex scandal
  • Conclusion: the girl from Hollywood.