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Author:

Hallett, Hilary A., 1968-

Title:

Go west, young women! : the rise of early Hollywood / Hilary A. Hallett.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

ix, 314 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Women in the motion picture industry--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Motion picture actors and actresses--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Motion pictures and women--United States.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography.

Contents:

Along the road to Hollywood: landscapes "in motion-picture land". "Oh for a girl who could ride a horse like pearl white": the actress democratizes fame -- Women-made women: writing the "movies" before Hollywood -- Melodramas of Hollywood's birth: the postwar revolution in morals and manners, redux. Hollywood bohemia -- The movie menace -- A star is born: rereading Hollywood's first sex scandal -- Conclusion: the girl from Hollywood.

ISBN:

0520274091 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520274099 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520274083 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520274082 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)794361775

LCCN:

2012027596

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)