num_pages: 440
description: Diana McLellan reveals the complex and intimate connections that roiled behind the public personae of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Tallulah Bankhead, and the women who loved them. Private correspondence, long-secret FBI files, and troves of unpublished documents reveal a chain of lesbian affairs that moved from the theater world of New York, through the heights of chic society, to embed itself in the power structure of the movie business. The Girls serves up a rich stew of film, politics, sexuality, psychology, and stardom.
language: English
title: The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood
titlecomplete: The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood
genres: Historical, Biography, Queer, LGBT, Lesbian, Nonfiction, Gay, Film, Pop Culture, History
ratings_count: 377
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Lesbian Studies
publisher: Griffin