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

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Superior document:Star decades: American culture/American cinema
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Star decades: American culture/American cinema.
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Physical Description:ix, 259 p. :; ill.
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Table of 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.