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Like a natural woman : spectacular female performance in classical Hollywood /

" Bathing beauty Esther Williams, bombshell Jane Russell, exotic Carmen Miranda, chanteuse Lena Horne, and talk-show fixture Zsa Zsa Gabor are rarely hailed as great actors or as naturalistic performers. Those terms of praise are given to male stars like Marlon Brando and James Dean, whose grit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pullen, Kirsten
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, New Jersey ; London : Rutgers University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Women in motion pictures. Motion picture actors and actresses > California > Los Angeles. PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies. Motion picture actors and actresses. California > Los Angeles.

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