DiBattista, Maria, 1947-

Fast-talking dames [electronic resource] / Maria DiBattista. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001. - xvi, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-357) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 East-Talking Dames -- 2 Female Pygmalions -- 3 .Blonde Bombshells: Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, -- :and Ginger Rogers -- 4 My Favorte Brunettes: Myrna Loy, Jean Arthur, -- '.and.Claudette Colbert -- Missing n: Brining Up Baby -- T LdyD enDue Due and The Awful Truth -- FemaleRampant: His Girl Friday -- The LadyEveand the Female Con -- Conclusion:ldes Born Yesterday.


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Women in motion pictures.
Women--Language.--United States


Electronic books.

PN1995.9.W6 / D53 2001eb

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