Stuntwomen : the untold Hollywood story / / Mollie Gregory

• Autore: Gregory Mollie
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , [2015]; ©2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (0 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/6522
• Soggetto topico: Women stunt performers; Women in the motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stuntwomen
• ISBN: 0-8131-6675-6; 0-8131-6624-1; 0-8131-6623-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797626903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)