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Title: WOMEN IN HORROR FILMS
1940S
By: Gregory William Mank
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0786423358
ISBN 13: 9780786423354
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Publisher: MCFARLAND & CO INC
Pub. date: 16 May, 2005
Pages: 405
Description: This book provides details about the lives and careers of 21 cinematic leading ladies, femmes fatales, monsters, and misfits, putting into perspective their contributions to the films and folklore of Hollywood terror - and also the sexual harassment, exploitation, and genuine danger they faced on the job.
Synopsis: They had more in common than just a scream, whether they faced Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, King Kong, the Wolf Man, or any of the other legendary Hollywood monsters. Some were even monsters themselves, such as Elsa Lanchester as the Bride, and Gloria Holden as Dracula's Daughter. And while evading the Strangler of the Swamp, former Miss America Rosemary La Planche is allowed to rescue her leading man. This book provides details about the lives and careers of 21 of these cinematic leading ladies, femmes fatales, monsters, and misfits, putting into perspective their contributions to the films and folklore of Hollywood terror - and also the sexual harassment, exploitation, and genuine danger they faced on the job. Veteran actress Virginia Christine recalls Universal burying her alive in a backlot swamp in full "mummy" makeup for the resurrection scene in The Mummy's Curse - and how the studio saved that scene for the last day in case she suffocated. Filled with anecdotes and recollections, many of the entries are based on original interviews, and there are numerous old photographs and movie stills.
Illustrations: 124 photographs, filmographies, index
Publication: US
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Returns: Non-returnable
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