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- catalog abstract ""Film noir was the dark side of the movies' happily-ever-after mythology. Sinister and sexy, it forged a new icon: the tough, independent, take-no-guff dame. Determined, desirable, dangerous when cornered, she could handle trouble - or deal out some of her own"--Dust jacket blurb. If you thought these women were something special onscreen, wait till you meet the genuine articles. In Dark City Dames, acclaimed film historian Eddie Muller profiles six women who made a lasting impression in this cinematic terrain - from veteran "bad girls" Audrey Totter, Marie Windsor and Jane Greer to unexpected genre fixtures Evelyn Keyes, Coleen Gray and Ann Savage. The book surveys the lives of these formidable women during the height of their careers circa 1950, as they balanced love and career, struggled against typecasting, and sought fulfillment in a ruthless business. Their personal stories - teeming with larger-than-life characters like Howard Hughes, L. B. Mayer, Robert Mitchum, Otto Preminger and John Huston - offer an illuminating counterpoint to their movies, such as Out of the Past, Detour, The Lady in the Lake, and The Killing. Then Dark City Dames revisits each one of these women today, fifty years on, to witness their hard-won - and triumphant - survival. On every page their own voices ring through, reflecting on their lives with as much passion, pain, intelligence, energy and humor as any movie script."--Dust jacket blurb.".
- catalog contributor b12047029.
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog description ""Film noir was the dark side of the movies' happily-ever-after mythology. Sinister and sexy, it forged a new icon: the tough, independent, take-no-guff dame. Determined, desirable, dangerous when cornered, she could handle trouble - or deal out some of her own"--Dust jacket blurb.".
- catalog description "Coleen Gray -- Jane Greer -- Evelyn Keyes -- Ann Savage -- Audrey Totter -- Marie Windsor.".
- catalog description "If you thought these women were something special onscreen, wait till you meet the genuine articles. In Dark City Dames, acclaimed film historian Eddie Muller profiles six women who made a lasting impression in this cinematic terrain - from veteran "bad girls" Audrey Totter, Marie Windsor and Jane Greer to unexpected genre fixtures Evelyn Keyes, Coleen Gray and Ann Savage. The book surveys the lives of these formidable women during the height of their careers circa 1950, as they balanced love and career, struggled against typecasting, and sought fulfillment in a ruthless business. Their personal stories - teeming with larger-than-life characters like Howard Hughes, L. B.".
- catalog description "Mayer, Robert Mitchum, Otto Preminger and John Huston - offer an illuminating counterpoint to their movies, such as Out of the Past, Detour, The Lady in the Lake, and The Killing. Then Dark City Dames revisits each one of these women today, fifty years on, to witness their hard-won - and triumphant - survival. On every page their own voices ring through, reflecting on their lives with as much passion, pain, intelligence, energy and humor as any movie script."--Dust jacket blurb.".
- catalog extent "xi, 292 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0060393696".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : HarperCollins, [c2001].".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "791.43/028/0820973 B 21".
- catalog subject "Actresses United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Film noir United States History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "PN1998.2 .M854 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Coleen Gray -- Jane Greer -- Evelyn Keyes -- Ann Savage -- Audrey Totter -- Marie Windsor.".
- catalog title "Dark city dames : the wicked women of film noir / Eddie Muller.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".