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

By: Hallett, Hilary A, 1968-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2013Description: ix, 314 p. : illISBN: 9780520953680 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Women in the motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century | Motion picture actors and actresses -- California -- Los Angeles | Motion pictures and women -- United States | Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 791.43/6522 LOC classification: PN1995.9.W6 | H23 2013Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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