Love, Queenie : Merle Oberon, Hollywood's first South Asian star /
Merle Oberon made history when she was announced as a nominee for the Best Actress Oscar in 1936. Hers was a face that "launched a thousand ships," a so-called exotic beauty who the camera loved and fans adored. Her nomination for The Dark Angel marked the first time the Academy recognized...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2025]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- A note on naming conventions
- My name is Queenie (1911-1929)
- I have no mother (1929-1932)
- Anne sans tête (1932-1933)
- My one ambition (1934)
- To see my mother again (1934-1935)
- Papa Goldwyn, Father Korda (1935-1937)
- An accent of my own (1937-1938)
- I am Heathcliff! (1938-1940)
- My dearest joy (1940-1942)
- I wasn't born heroic (1942-1945)
- I ruled my own life (1945-1948)
- To belong to this country (1948-1953)
- Like a virus (1953-1956)
- Being Mrs. Pagliai (1956-1965)
- The last of the great faces (1965-1971)
- Where I belong (1971-1973)
- Local girl makes good! (1973-1978)
- It had haunted me ever since (1978-1979)
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Filmography
- Notes
- Selected bibliography
- Illustration credits
- Index.