Hollywood Diva by Edward Baron Turk

Hollywood Diva by Edward Baron Turk

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Summary

Jeanette MacDonald, the movie musical's first superstar, was an American original whose onscreen radiance mirrored a beguiling real-life personality. This biography takes us to a time when lavish musical films were major cultural events and a worldwide public eagerly awaited each new chance to fall under the singer's spell.

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Hollywood Diva by Edward Baron Turk

Jeanette MacDonald, the movie musical's first superstar, was an American original whose onscreen radiance mirrored a beguiling real-life personality. This biography takes us to a time when lavish musical films were major cultural events and a worldwide public eagerly awaited each new chance to fall under the singer's spell.
Edward Baron Turk is Professor of French and Film Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of the prize-winning Child of Paradise: Marcel Carne and the Golden Age of French Cinema (1989).
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ISBN 13 9780520222533
ISBN 10 0520222539
Title Hollywood Diva
Author Edward Baron Turk
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of California Press
Year published 2000-04-03
Number of pages 486
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