| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 494 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-481) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Rough beginnings -- 2. Unmarried women -- 3. Sue Mengers is hatched -- 4. Women create -- 5. A different kind of child -- 6. The arsenal of seduction -- 7. The power of Barbra Streisand -- 8. Pretty babies -- 9. D-girls on the rise -- 10. The film school imperative -- 11. The assumption of power -- 12. War games -- 13. Broken bonds -- 14. The dawn of a new age -- 15. Women direct -- 16. Owning your voice -- 17. Go-go years at Paramount -- 18. Psyches on-screen -- 19. A legend returns -- 20. Cultural icons -- 21. Steel in the furnace -- 22. The demise of Sue : the rise of the Sue-ettes -- 23. Leading-lady blues -- 24. Indecent proposal -- 25. A giant leap -- 26. A queen's prerogative -- 27. I'll do anything -- 28. The world needs a rewrite -- 29. The butterfly chasers -- 30. Fade to black. |
| Subject |
Women in the motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles.
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| ISBN |
0679437541 |
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