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- catalog abstract """There is nothing like a dame," proclaims the song from South Pacific. Certainly there is nothing like the fast-talking dame of screen comedies in the 1930s and 40s. In this engaging book, film scholar and movie buff Maria DiBattista celebrates the fast-talking dame as an American original. Coming of age during the Depression, the dame - a woman of lively wit and brash speech - epitomized a new style of self-reliant, articulate womanhood. Dames were quick on the uptake and hardly ever downbeat. They seemed to know what to say and when to say it. In their fast and breezy talk seemed to lie the secret of happiness, but also the key to reality. DiBattista offers vivid portraits of the grandest dames of the era, including Katherine Hepburn, Irene Dunne, Rosalind Russell, Barbara Stanwyck, and others, and discusses the great films that showcased their compelling way with words - and with men."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12061493.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description """There is nothing like a dame," proclaims the song from South Pacific. Certainly there is nothing like the fast-talking dame of screen comedies in the 1930s and 40s. In this engaging book, film scholar and movie buff Maria DiBattista celebrates the fast-talking dame as an American original. Coming of age during the Depression, the dame - a woman of lively wit and brash speech - epitomized a new style of self-reliant, articulate womanhood. Dames were quick on the uptake and hardly ever downbeat. They seemed to know what to say and when to say it. In their fast and breezy talk seemed to lie the secret of happiness, but also the key to reality.".
- catalog description "DiBattista offers vivid portraits of the grandest dames of the era, including Katherine Hepburn, Irene Dunne, Rosalind Russell, Barbara Stanwyck, and others, and discusses the great films that showcased their compelling way with words - and with men."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Fast-talking dames -- Female Pygmalions -- Blonde bombshells : Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, and Ginger Rogers -- My favorite brunettes : Myrna Loy, Jean Arthur, and Claudette Colbert -- Missing links : Bringing up baby -- The lady-dame : Irene Dunne and The awful truth -- Garbo's laugh -- Female rampant : His girl friday -- The Lady Eve and the female con -- Blonds born yesterday.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-357) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 365 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300088159 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "791.43/652042 21".
- catalog subject "PN1995.9.W6 D53 2001".
- catalog subject "Women United States Language.".
- catalog subject "Women in motion pictures.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Fast-talking dames -- Female Pygmalions -- Blonde bombshells : Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, and Ginger Rogers -- My favorite brunettes : Myrna Loy, Jean Arthur, and Claudette Colbert -- Missing links : Bringing up baby -- The lady-dame : Irene Dunne and The awful truth -- Garbo's laugh -- Female rampant : His girl friday -- The Lady Eve and the female con -- Blonds born yesterday.".
- catalog title "Fast-talking dames / Maria DiBattista.".
- catalog type "text".