1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454156003321

Autore

Gans Eric Lawrence <1941->

Titolo

Carole Landis [[electronic resource] ] : a most beautiful girl / / Eric Gans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2008

ISBN

1-282-48569-5

9786612485695

1-60473-319-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

Hollywood legends series

Disciplina

791.4302/8092

B

Soggetti

Motion picture actors and actresses - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-265) and index.

Includes filmography: p. 266-269.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Beginnings (1919-1935); Chapter 2. In Northern California (1935-1937); Chapter 3. First Years in Hollywood (1937-1939); Chapter 4. Ping Girl: At Roach Studios (1939-1940); Chapter 5. "Sex-Loaded": At Twentieth Century-Fox (1941); Chapter 6. B Actress and Patriot (1941-1942); Chapter 7. The Gift of Beauty: Carole at War (1942-1944); Chapter 8. Regrouping (1945-1946); Chapter 9. Anglophilia (1947-1948); Chapter 10. The Good Die Young (1948); Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite appearing in twenty-eight movies in little over a decade, Carole Landis (1919-1948) never quite became the major Hollywood star her onscreen presence should have afforded her. Although she acted in such enduring films as A Scandal in Paris and Moon over Miami , she was most often relegated to supporting roles. Even when she played the major role in a feature, as she did in The Powers Girl and the film noir I Wake Up Screaming! , she was billed second or third behind other actors. This biography traces Landis's life, chronicling her beginnings as a dance hall entertainer in San Francisc



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715293303321

Titolo

Appalachia then and now : examining changes to the Appalachian Region since 1965

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : Appalachian Regional Commission, , 2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (3 volumes) : color illustrations, color maps

Soggetti

Economic development - Appalachian Region

Statistics.

Appalachian Region Economic conditions Regional disparities

Appalachian Region Statistics

Appalachian Region Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"February 2015."

"Prepared by the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness and West Virginia University for the Appalachian Regional Commission."

"Contributing authors: Regional Research Institute at West Virginia University; Bureau of Business and Economic Research at West Virginia University"--Page 3 of cover, v. 1.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

[V.1] Executive summary -- [V.2] Technical report -- [V.3] State meetings report.