| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xxi, 231 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
A gallery of Golden Age moms -- Motherhood in the movies / by Sam Robards -- Silent moms -- The mother martyrs of pre-Code -- The Great American mom -- On Jane Darwell in The Grapes of Wrath / by Eva Marie Saint -- Serial moms -- Perennial moms -- On movie motherhood / by Jane Powell -- Aunts -- Mammies and nannies -- A mom by any other name -- When moms collide with their kids -- Bad seeds -- Malevolent moms -- Crime and horror moms -- On being a mother and actress / by Tippi Hedren -- Sci-fi moms -- Showbiz moms -- The greatest mama of them all / by Illeana Douglas -- A gallery of modern moms -- Semper mom! |
| Summary |
Featuring more than one hundred photographs and film stills, a guide to mothers in film, presented by a film historian and critic and Turner Classic Movies, shows the many ways that Hollywood has celebrated, vilified, and poked good fun at mothers. |
| Local Note |
AVONNFIC |
| Subject |
Mothers in motion pictures.
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| Added Author |
Reynolds, Debbie, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Fisher, Carrie, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Turner Classic Movies (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781476738260: $35.00 |
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1476738262 |
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