Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames

by Ray Hagen, Laura Wagner

Overview

No delicate ingenues, these. In the middle of the twentieth century, the Mary Pickfords of the movie world were replaced by a different sort of woman--drop-dead gorgeous, witty, not afraid to speak their minds, they could slay you with a look--and if that didn't work, look out for the pistol in the garter. These ground-breaking actresses helped change the course of movie history, charting a path for generations to come.

These profiles of fifteen leading ladies--Lucille Ball, Lynn Bari, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Gloria Grahame, Jean Hagen, Adele Jergens, Ida Lupino, Marilyn Maxwell, Mercedes McCambridge, Jane Russell, Ann Sheridan, Barbara Stanwyck, Claire Trevor and Marie Windsor--include overviews of their lives and careers, and excerpts from interviews. Five photos supplement each profile. Jane Russell (one of the actresses profiled) provides a foreword.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786480739
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	01/28/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	279
File size:	11 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Ray Hagen spent 15 years acting, dancing, and singing on and off Broadway, wrote two off-Broadway plays, co-authored a movie reference book, conducted numerous film-related interviews, and narrated books on tape for the Library of Congress. He lived in Washington D.C. Writer Laura Wagner lives in New York. A regular contributor to various movie publications, she is the book reviewer for Classic Images.
The late Ray Hagen spent 15 years acting, dancing, and singing on and off Broadway, wrote two off-Broadway plays, co-authored a movie reference book, conducted numerous film-related interviews, and narrated books on tape for the Library of Congress. He lived in Washington D.C.
Writer Laura Wagner lives in New York. A regular contributor to various movie publications, she is the book reviewer for Classic Images.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Foreword by Jane Russell     
Introduction     

1. Lucille Ball: Red Ball Express     
2. Lynn Bari: The Other Woman     
3. Joan Blondell: Trouper     
4. Ann Dvorak: A Life of Her Own     
5. Gloria Grahame: Those Lips, Those Eyes     
6. Jean Hagen: After the Rain     
7. Adele Jergens: A Lot of Woman     
8. Ida Lupino: Triumph of the Will     
9. Marilyn Maxwell: The Other Marilyn     
10. Mercedes McCambridge: Inner Fire134
11. Jane Russell: Body and Soul     
12. Ann Sheridan: Oomph Without Ego     
13. Barbara Stanwyck: The Furies.     
14. Claire Trevor: Brass with Class     
15. Marie Windsor: Face of Evil     

Bibliography     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

this book fetes the most fascinating women onscreen in the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s”—Classic Images.

From the Publisher

this book fetes the most fascinating women onscreen in the 1930s, '40s and '50s

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