Nobody's girl Friday :: the women who ran Hollywood /

"Disillusioned with what the American film industry had become by the 1970s, Bette Davis remembered a time when "women owned Hollywood." This book is their story. Historian J.E. Smyth challenges the belief, reinforced in too many histories and public comments, that feminism died betwe...

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Main Author: Smyth, J. E., 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"Disillusioned with what the American film industry had become by the 1970s, Bette Davis remembered a time when "women owned Hollywood." This book is their story. Historian J.E. Smyth challenges the belief, reinforced in too many histories and public comments, that feminism died between 1930 and 1950, that women were not important within the Hollywood studio system, that male directors called all the shots, and that the most important Hollywood writer you should know about is Dalton Trumbo"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 304 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190840839
0190840838
9780190840853
0190840854
9780190840846
0190840846

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