Carole Landis - A Most Beautiful Girl

Informationen zum Autor Eric Gans is professor of French at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of numerous books including The Scenic Imagination: Originary Thinking from Hobbes to the Present Day, and his articles have appeared in many periodicals Klappentext The tragically brief life of the actress who became every serviceman's pin-up during WWII Zusammenfassung 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. This biography traces Landis's life! chronicling her beginnings as a dance hall entertainer in San Francisco! her career in Hollywood and abroad! her USO performances! and ultimately her suicide.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Gans, Eric Lawrence Gans
• Publisher: University press of mississipp
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2008
• EAN: 9781604730135
• ISBN: 978-1-60473-013-5
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 203 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Hollywood Legends Series; Hollywood Legends; Hollywood Legends; Hollywood Legends Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet