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03829aam a2200361 i 4500 001 5DB64F222E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240619010048 008 231114s2024 lau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023024676 020 $a 0807169722 020 $a 9780807169728 035 $a (OCoLC)1407211995 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN1995.9.L53 $b W48 2024 082 00 $a 791.46/651 $2 23/eng/20240116 100 1 $a Wetta, Frank J., $d 1942- $e author. 245 10 $a Abraham Lincoln and women in film : $b one hundred years of Hollywood mythmaking / $c Frank J. Wetta & Martin A. Novelli. 264 1 $a Baton Rouge : $b Louisiana State University Press, $c [2024] 300 $a 240 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Conflicting worlds: New dimensions of the American Civil War 520 $a "Frank Wetta and Martin Novelli's "Abraham Lincoln and Women on Film" examines how depictions of women in Hollywood movies helped create the myth of Lincoln. They specifically explore D. W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln (1930); John Ford and Larmar Trotti's Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Robert Sherwood's Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940); Shirley Temple's The Littlest Rebel (1933) and The Blue Bird (1940); and Stephen Spielberg's Lincoln (2012). In addition, they analyze four television productions: James Agee's Abraham Lincoln (1955); Carl Sandburg's Lincoln (1974); James Prideaux's The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1976); and Gore Vidal's Lincoln (1988). In studying these depictions, Wetta and Novelli focus on the female characters. They are especially interested in female characters' backstories, the political and cultural climate in which the films appeared, and the contest between the moviemakers' imaginations and the varieties of historical truth. The women of Lincoln's life are the center of the study-his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln; his stepmother, Sarah Bush Lincoln; his lost loves, Ann Rutledge and Mary Owens; and his wife and widow, Mary Todd Lincoln. Later, while exploring Lincoln's legacy, Wetta and Novelli focus on the 1930s child star Shirley Temple and the 1950s movie star Marilyn Monroe, the latter of whom had a well-publicized fascination with the sixteenth president. Wetta and Novelli's work is the first to deal extensively with the women in Lincoln's life on screen. They are also among the first to examine how scholarly and popular biography influenced films about Lincoln and added to the creation of popular depictions of him. "Abraham Lincoln and Women on Film" will find a wide readership among Lincoln scholars and academics who study film and popular culture"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Hollywood and the women in Lincoln's life -- Framing Lincoln's angel mothers : Nancy Hanks and Sarah Bush Johnston -- The tomance of Ann Rutledge in memory and film -- Hollywood interprets the troubled courtship of Miss Owens and Mr. Lincoln -- When Abe met Mary : the courtship and marriage of Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln on film -- Mrs. Lincoln goes to Washington : the White House years -- Redux : the last of Mrs. Lincoln -- Coda: Shirley Temple and Marilyn Monroe in Lincoln's legacy -- Conclusion: Fade out. 600 10 $a Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809-1865 $x In motion pictures. 600 10 $a Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809-1865 $x Relations with women. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Wetta, Frank J., 1942- $t Abraham Lincoln and women in film $d Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2024] $z 9780807181461 $w (DLC) 2023024677 700 1 $a Novelli, Martin A., $e author. 830 0 $a Conflicting worlds 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240619012646.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5DB64F222E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search