Glamour in a Golden Age: Movie Stars of the 1930s

Published by Rutgers University Press 2010

Glamour in a Golden Age

Movie Stars of the 1930s

Edited by: Adrienne L. McLean
With contributions by: Christine Becker , James Castonguay , Corey Creekmur , Mary Desjardins , Alexander Doty , Lucy Fischer , Kathryn Fuller-Seeley , Ina Rae Hark , Adam Knee , Allen Larson , David Lugowski and Susan Ohmer

In the series Star Decades: American Culture/American

https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813552330

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About this book

Shirley Temple, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo, William Powell and Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, and Gary Cooper-Glamour in a Golden Age presents original essays from eminent film scholars that analyze movie stars of the 1930s against the background of contemporary American cultural history.

Stardom is approached as an effect of, and influence on, the particular historical and industrial contexts that enabled these actors and actresses to be discovered, featured in films, publicized, and to become recognized and admired-sometimes even notorious-parts of the cultural landscape. Using archival and popular material, including fan and mass market magazines, other promotional and publicity material, and of course films themselves, contributors also discuss other artists who were incredibly popular at the time, among them Ann Harding, Ruth Chatterton, Nancy Carroll, Kay Francis, and Constance Bennett.

Author / Editor information

ADRIENNE L. McLEAN is a professor of film studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is the author of Dying Swans and Madmen: Ballet, the Body, and Narrative Cinema and Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom, and the coeditor of Headline Hollywood: A Century of Film Scandal (all Rutgers University Press).

Reviews

"The central characteristic of 'glamour' in the starry heavens of 1930s Hollywood received illuminating backlighting in McLean's collection. A construct encompassing elegance, luxury, romance, and sex appeal, glamour shines, even scintillates, through the galaxy of celebrities covered in this sparkling volume in the 'Star Decades' series. Recommended."

— Choice

"The central characteristic of 'glamour' in the starry heavens of 1930s Hollywood received illuminating backlighting in McLean's collection. A construct encompassing elegance, luxury, romance, and sex appeal, glamour shines, even scintillates, through the galaxy of celebrities covered in this sparkling volume in the 'Star Decades' series. Recommended."

— Choice

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
INTRODUCTION: Stardom in the 1930s Adrienne L. McLean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Not of Hollywood Ruth Chatterton, Ann Harding, Constance Bennett, Kay Francis, and Nancy Carroll Mary Desjardins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
2. Shirley Temple Making Dreams Come True Kathryn Fuller-Seeley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
3. Gary Cooper Rugged Elegance Corey K. Creekmur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
4. Bette Davis Worker and Queen Lucy Fischer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
5. Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo The Sexy Hausfrau versus the Swedish Sphinx Alexander Doty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
6. Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford Rivals at the Glamour Factory David M. Lugowski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
7. Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland Romancing through History Ina Rae Hark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
8. Jean Harlow Tragic Blonde Susan Ohmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
9. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Modernizing Class Adam Knee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
10. Myrna Loy and William Powell The Perfect Screen Couple James Castonguay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
11. Clark Gable The King of Hollywood Christine Becker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
In the Wings Adrienne L. McLean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
WORKS CITED Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285

Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 297
Illustrations
- Other: 61
Keywords: Movie Stars; 1930s; glamour; Shirley Temple; Clark Gable; Errol Flynn; Olivia de Havilland; Fred Astaire; Ginger Rogers; Bette Davis; Joan Crawford; Norma Shearer; Marlene Dietrich; Greta Garbo; William Powell; Myrna Loy; Jean Harlow; Gary Cooper; essays; eminent film scholars; American cultural history

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Published: December 16, 2010
ISBN: 9780813552330