Complicated Women
Subtitle: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: December 19, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780312284312
Subjects: Films, cinema; History of specific subjects; Women's studies; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; USA; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Women's Studies - History; Performing Arts / Film / Reference; Film & Video - General; Film & Video - Reference
First sentence: At the end of the silent era, Joan Crawford was dancing the Charleston on tabletops, while Norma Shearer was wearing a hoopskirt in the costume romance, The Actress.