What dreams were made of [electronic resource] : movie stars of the 1940s / edited by Sean Griffin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Star decades: American culture/American cinemaPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2011.Description: ix, 259 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4302/80922 B 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1998.2 .W45 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : stardom in the 1940s / Sean Griffin -- Abbott and Costello: Wwo's on first / David Sedman -- Gene Autry and Roy Rogers: the light of western stars / Ed Buscombe -- Ingrid Bergman: the face of authenticity in the land of illusion / Robin Blaetz -- Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall: tough guy and cool dame / Rick Worland -- Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, and Barbara Stanwyck: American homefront women / David M. Lugowski -- Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney: babes and beyond / Sean Griffin -- Greer Garson: gallant ladies and British wartime femininity / Hannah Hamad -- Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth: pinned up / Adrienne L. McLean -- Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn: domesticated mavericks / Charlie Kiel -- John Wayne: hero, leading man, innocent, and troubled figure / Edward Countryman -- In the wings / Sean Griffin.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.

Introduction : stardom in the 1940s / Sean Griffin -- Abbott and Costello: Wwo's on first / David Sedman -- Gene Autry and Roy Rogers: the light of western stars / Ed Buscombe -- Ingrid Bergman: the face of authenticity in the land of illusion / Robin Blaetz -- Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall: tough guy and cool dame / Rick Worland -- Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, and Barbara Stanwyck: American homefront women / David M. Lugowski -- Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney: babes and beyond / Sean Griffin -- Greer Garson: gallant ladies and British wartime femininity / Hannah Hamad -- Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth: pinned up / Adrienne L. McLean -- Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn: domesticated mavericks / Charlie Kiel -- John Wayne: hero, leading man, innocent, and troubled figure / Edward Countryman -- In the wings / Sean Griffin.

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