What Dreams Were Made Of : : Movie Stars of the 1940s /

What Dreams Were Made Of : : Movie Stars of the 1940s / / ed. by Sean Griffin.

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Humphrey Bogart. Abbott and Costello. Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. John Wayne. Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable. Images of these film icons conjure up a unique moment in cinema and history, one of optimism and concern, patriotism and cynicism. What Dreams Were Made Of examines the performers who he...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Blaetz, Robin,
Buscombe, Edward,
Countryman, Edward,
Griffin, Sean,
Hamad, Hannah,
Keil, Charlie,
Lugowski, David M.,
McLean, Adrienne L.,
Sedman, David,
Worland, Rick,
HerausgeberIn:
Griffin, Sean,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Star Decades: American Culture/American
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Physical Description:1 online resource (268 p.) :; 55 photographs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Stardom in the 1940s
  • 1. Abbott and Costello:Who's on First?
  • 2. Gene Autry and Roy Rogers:The Light of Western Stars
  • 3. Ingrid Bergman:The Face of Authenticity in the Land of Illusion
  • 4. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall:Tough Guy and Cool Dame
  • 5. Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, and Barbara Stanwyck: American Homefront Women
  • 6. Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney: Babes and Beyond
  • 7. Greer Garson: Gallant Ladies and British Wartime Femininity
  • 8. Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth: Pinned Up
  • 9. Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn: Domesticated Mavericks
  • 10. John Wayne: Hero, Leading Man, Innocent, and Troubled Figure
  • In the Wings
  • Works Cited
  • Contributors
  • Index

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