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Go west, young women! the rise of early Hollywood /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hallett, Hilary A., 1968-
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, c2013.
Subjects:	Women in the motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century. Motion picture actors and actresses > California > Los Angeles. Motion pictures and women > United States. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History > 20th century. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Along the road to Hollywood: landscapes "in motion-picture land". "Oh for a girl who could ride a horse like pearl white": the actress democratizes fame
Women-made women: writing the "movies" before Hollywood
Melodramas of Hollywood's birth: the postwar revolution in morals and manners, redux. Hollywood bohemia
The movie menace
A star is born: rereading Hollywood's first sex scandal
Conclusion: the girl from Hollywood.