Format:
Online-Ressource (327 p)
ISBN:
9780520274099
Content:
In the early part of the twentieth century, migrants made their way from rural homes to cities in record numbers and many traveled west. Los Angeles became a destination. Women flocked to the growing town to join the film industry as workers and spectators, creating a "New Woman." Their efforts transformed filmmaking from a marginal business to a cosmopolitan, glamorous, and bohemian one. By 1920, Los Angeles had become the only western city where women outnumbered men. In Go West, Young Women! Hilary A. Hallett explores these relatively unknown new western women and their role in the developm
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Part One: Along the Road to Hollywood; Prologue I: Landscapes; 1: "Oh for a Girl Who could Ride a Horse like Pearl White": The Actress Democratizes Fame; 2: Women- Made Women: Writing the "Movies" Before Hollywood; Part Two: Melodramas of Hollywood's Birth; Prologue II: The Postwar Revolution in Morals and Manners, Redux; 3: Hollywood Bohemia; 4: The Movie Menace; 5: A Star is Born: Rereading the "Fatty" Arbuckle Scandal; Conclusion: The Girl from Hollywood; Filmography; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520953680
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520274082
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Go West, Young Women! : The Rise of Early Hollywood
Language:
English
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