Carole Landis : a most beautiful girl / Eric Gans.
Despite appearing in twenty-eight movies in little over a decade, Carole Landis (1919-1948) never quite became the major Hollywood star her onscreen presence should have afforded her. Although she acted in such enduring films as A Scandal in Paris and Moon over Miami, she was most often relegated to...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University Press of Mississippi,
©2008.
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| Series: | Hollywood legends series.
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| Summary: | Despite appearing in twenty-eight movies in little over a decade, Carole Landis (1919-1948) never quite became the major Hollywood star her onscreen presence should have afforded her. Although she acted in such enduring films as A Scandal in Paris and Moon over Miami, she was most often relegated to supporting roles. Even when she played the major role in a feature, as she did in The Powers Girl and the film noir I Wake Up Screaming!, she was billed second or third behind other actors. This biography traces Landis's life, chronicling her beginnings as a dance hall entertainer in San Francisc. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 282 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-265) and index. Includes filmography: pages 266-269. |
| ISBN: | 9781604733198 1604733195 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |