Gloria Swanson Ready for Her Close-Up |
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Author:
| Welsch, Tricia |
Series title: | Hollywood Legends Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-61703-749-8 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $35.00USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Shows how a talented, self-confident actress negotiated a creative path through seven decades of celebrity. It also illuminates a little-known chapter in American media history: how the powerful women of early Hollywood transformed their careers after their stars dimmed. This book brings Swanson back into the spotlight, revealing her as a complex, creative, entrepreneurial, and thoroughly modern woman.
Shows how a talented, self-confident actress negotiated a creative path through seven decades of celebrity. It also illuminates a little-known chapter in American media history: how the powerful women of early Hollywood transformed their careers after their stars dimmed. This book brings Swanson back into the spotlight, revealing her as a complex, creative, entrepreneurial, and thoroughly modern woman.