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Hollywood diva: a biography of Jeanette MacDonald

Edward Baron Turk
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • Preface (page xi)
  • Acknowledgments (page xv)
  • PART ONE. BORN TO SING
    • 1. "Now everybody's got to clap!" (page 3)
    • 2. Scandals (page 14)
    • 3. Twinkling Stars and Four-Leaf Clovers (page 28)
    • 4. A Fair Princess on Broadway (page 46)
  • PART TWO. LINGERIE QUEEN OF THE TALKIES
    • 5. Lubitsch and Chevalier (page 69)
    • 6. Only a Nose (page 89)
    • 7. Vive le France! (page 107)
    • 8. Mr. Mayer and the Widow (page 130)
  • PART THREE. HOLLYWOOD DIVA
    • 9. An All-American Team (page 153)
    • 10. The Iron Butterfly (page 175)
    • 11. Hollywood Diva (page 194)
    • 12. Middlebrow Muse (page 218)
    • 13. The Soprano Militant (page 240)
  • PART FOUR. ECHOES OF SWEET SONG
    • 14. Battles Operatic (page 263)
    • 15. A Graceful Exit (page 279)
    • 16. Distress Signals (page 292)
    • 17. "Carve your name in human hearts" (page 310)
    • 18. "Just the echo of a sigh" (page 329)
  • Afterword (page 337)
  • Stage Credits (page 345)
  • Film Credits (page 355)
  • Principal Recording Sessions (page 375)
  • Abbreviations (page 381)
  • Notes (page 385)
  • Bibliography (page 421)
  • Photo Credits (page 431)
  • Index (page 433)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
NOT 56.1 (Sep. 1999): 172-175 http://www.jstor.org/stable/900513
AHR 105.1 (Feb. 2000): 242-243 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2652529
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Published: c1998
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780520212022 (hardcover)
  • 9780520924574 (ebook)
  • 9780520222533 (paper)
Subject
  • Film & Media Studies
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