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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463872203321

Autore

Dick Bernard F.

Titolo

The president's ladies : Jane Wyman and Nancy Davis / / Bernard F. Dick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, Mississippi : , : University Press of Mississippi, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-62674-020-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Disciplina

791.4302/80922

Soggetti

Motion picture actors and actresses - United States

Presidents' spouses - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1.The Abandoned Child; 2.The Name below the Title; 3.Jane and Ronnie; 4.Slouching toward Stardom; 5.Reaganless for the Duration-and Beyond; 6.Angel in the Wings; 7.Highs and Lows; 8.Going for the Gold; 9.Frontier Gal; 10.Strange Interlude; 11.And the Winner Is; 12.The Non-Marrying Kind; 13.These Three; 14.The Rest-and Best-of Reagan; 15.Stars in Her Eyes; 16.Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet; 17.Nancy at Tiffany's; 18.The Empress of Ice Cream; 19.Post-Oscar Blues; 20.The Last Picture Shows; 21.A Cathedral and a Conversion; 22.Zinging with Bing

23.Glass Animals and Blue Veils, Cabbages and Couture. . 16224.Addio del passato; 25.I Do, I Don't, I Do, I Don't; 26.The Actress and the Octopus; 27.The Actress and the Auteur; 28.The Beginning of the End; 29.Worlds Elsewhere; 30.From the Hearth to the Vineyards; 31.Unholy Families; Epilogue; Notes; Appendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

A fascinating story of Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan, and Nancy Davis