02929nam 2200601 a 450 991045415600332120200520144314.01-282-48569-597866124856951-60473-319-5(CKB)1000000000721944(EBL)515595(OCoLC)317401629(SSID)ssj0000118268(PQKBManifestationID)11145527(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118268(PQKBWorkID)10052449(PQKB)10039455(MiAaPQ)EBC515595(MdBmJHUP)muse13733(Au-PeEL)EBL515595(CaPaEBR)ebr10282578(EXLCZ)99100000000072194420071019d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCarole Landis[electronic resource] a most beautiful girl /Eric GansJackson University Press of Mississippic20081 online resource (295 p.)Hollywood legends seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-60473-013-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-265) and index.Includes filmography: p. 266-269.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; IndexDespite 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 FranciscHollywood legends series.Motion picture actors and actressesUnited StatesBiographyElectronic books.Motion picture actors and actresses791.4302/8092BGans Eric Lawrence1941-955249MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454156003321Carole Landis2250546UNINA