TY - BOOK AU - DiBattista,Maria TI - Fast-Talking Dames SN - 9780300133882 AV - PN1995.9.W6D53 2001 U1 - 791.4302809 PY - 2001/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Women in motion pictures KW - Women -- United States -- Language KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. A Comic History of Dames -- 1 Fast-Talking Dames -- 2 Female Pygmalions -- Part Two. Hot Heiresses and Working Girls -- 3 Blonde Bombshells: Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, and Ginger Rogers -- 4 My Favorite Brunettes: Myrna Loy, Jean Arthur, and Claudette Colbert -- Part Three. The Grande Dames -- 5 Missing Links: Bringing Up Baby -- 6 The Lady-Dame: Irene Dunne and The Awful Truth -- 7 Garbo's Laugh -- 8 Female Rampant: His Girl Friday -- 9 The Lady Eve and the Female Con -- Conclusion: Blondes Born Yesterday -- Notes -- Index N2 - No detailed description available for "Fast-Talking Dames" UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3419841 ER -