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Myrna Loy

The Only Good Girl in Hollywood

By: Emily W. Leider

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Myrna Loy

The Only Good Girl in Hollywood

By: Emily W. Leider

From the beginning, Myrna Loy's screen image conjured mystery, a sense of something withheld. This first ever biography of the wry and sophisticated actress, best known for her role as Nora Charles in The Thin Man, offers an unprecedented picture of her life and a career that spanned six decades. Opening with Loy's rough-and-tumble upbringing in Montana, the book takes us to Los Angeles from the 1920s, through the thirties, when Loy became a top box office draw, and to her robust post-World War II career. Throughout, Emily W. Leider illuminates the actress's friendships with luminaries such as Cary Grant, Clark Gable, and Joan Crawford and her collaborations with the likes of John Barrymore, David O. Selznick, Sam Goldwyn, and William Wyler, among many others. This biography offers a fascinating slice of studio era history and gives us the first full picture of a woman who has often been overlooked.--From publisher description.

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Univ of California Press

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ISBN 10

0520274504

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9780520274501

California’s Daughter

Gertrude Atherton and Her Times

By: Emily Wortis Leider

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California’s Daughter

Gertrude Atherton and Her Times

By: Emily Wortis Leider

Traces the life of the controversial turn of the century American novelist, and describes how she overcame the social restrictions on women to become a writer

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456

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Stanford University Press

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0804718202

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9780804718202

Myrna Loy

The Only Good Girl in Hollywood

By: Emily W. Leider

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The Only Good Girl in Hollywood

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Univ of California Press

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Dark Lover

The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino

By: Emily W. Leider

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Dark Lover

The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino

By: Emily W. Leider

Rudolph Valentino was the silver-screen legend who for ever changed America's idea of the leading man; a frightened young fellow who became the cinematic sex-god of his day. In this definitive retelling of Valentino's short and tragic life - the first fully documented biography of the star - Emily W. Leider looks at the Great Lover's life and legacy, and explores the events and issues that made him emblematic of his time. Valentino was reviled in the press for being too 'feminine' a man; yet he also brought to the screen the alluring, savage lover who embodied women's darker, forbidden sexual fantasies. In tandem, Leider explores notions of the outsider in American culture as represented by Valentino's experience as an immigrant who became a celebrity - the silver screen's first dark-skinned romantic hero.

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Faber & Faber

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0571218199

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9780571218196

Dark Lover

The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino

By: Emily Wortis Leider

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The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino

By: Emily Wortis Leider

Tango pirate, gigolo, powder puff, Adonis--all have been used to describe the silent-film icon known as Rudolph Valentino. In this thoughtful retelling of Valentino's short and tragic life, Leider looks at the Great Lover's life and legacy, and explores the events and issues that made him emblematic of the Jazz Age. 84 photos.

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Farrar Straus Giroux

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0374282390

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9780374282394

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