What dreams were made of
Subtitle: movie stars of the 1940s
By: edited by Sean Griffin
Series: Star decades: American culture/American cinema
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780813549637; 9780813549644
Subjects: Biography; Motion picture actors and actresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : stardom in the 1940s / Sean Griffin; title: Abbott and Costello: Wwo's on first / David Sedman; title: Gene Autry and Roy Rogers: the light of western stars / Ed Buscombe; title: Ingrid Bergman: the face of authenticity in the land of illusion / Robin Blaetz; title: Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall: tough guy and cool dame / Rick Worland; title: Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, and Barbara Stanwyck: American homefront women / David M. Lugowski; title: Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney: babes and beyond / Sean Griffin; title: Greer Garson: gallant ladies and British wartime femininity / Hannah Hamad; title: Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth: pinned up / Adrienne L. McLean; title: Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn: domesticated mavericks / Charlie Kiel; title: John Wayne: hero, leading man, innocent, and troubled figure / Edward Countryman; title: In the wings / Sean Griffin.