02946nam 2200673 450 991079762690332120230120085918.00-8131-6675-60-8131-6624-10-8131-6623-3(CKB)3710000000485656(EBL)4013002(SSID)ssj0001553107(PQKBManifestationID)16170746(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001553107(PQKBWorkID)12964030(PQKB)10652781(StDuBDS)EDZ0001374851(OCoLC)923010559(MdBmJHUP)muse47555(Au-PeEL)EBL4012425(CaPaEBR)ebr11118847(CaONFJC)MIL839191(MiAaPQ)EBC4012425(MiAaPQ)EBC4013002(MiAaPQ)EBC30360056(Au-PeEL)EBL30360056(EXLCZ)99371000000048565620150713h20152015 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrStuntwomen the untold Hollywood story /Mollie Gregory1st ed.Lexington, Kentucky :University Press of Kentucky,[2015]©20151 online resource (0 p.)Screen classicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8131-6622-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Rise and Fall of Female Stunt Players in Silent Movies -- 2 Blackface and Wigs -- 3 Television -- 4 Stunt Performers Organize -- 5 Social Turmoil Brings New Opportunities for Women and Minorities -- 6 The Women's Movement and Female Action Heroes -- 7 Disaster Movies and Disastrous Stunts -- 8 Stunt Safety and Gender Discrimination -- 9 Danger, Drugs, and Death -- 10 Breaking the Code of Silence -- 11 Women's New Attitudes and Ambitions -- 12 Julie Johnson's Day in Court -- 13 High Falls -- 14 Stunt Fights -- 15 Car Stunts -- 16 Computer-Generated Imagery and the Future of Stunt Work -- 17 Controversy and Progress for Stuntwomen -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.Stunts are fundamental to the movies. 'Stuntwomen' examines the largely unexplored profession of stuntwomen in the American entertainment industry from the silent movie era to the 2000's.Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)Women stunt performersWomen in the motion picture industryCaliforniaLos AngelesHistoryWomen stunt performers.Women in the motion picture industryHistory.791.43/6522Gregory Mollie1499775MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797626903321Stuntwomen3726126UNINA