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9. The Lady Eve and the Female Con

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Acknowledgments xv
  5. Part One. A Comic History of Dames
  6. 1. Fast-Talking Dames 4
  7. 2. Female Pygmalions 36
  8. Part Two. Hot Heiresses and Working Girls
  9. 3. Blonde Bombshells: Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, and Ginger Rogers 84
  10. 4. My Favorite Brunettes: Myrna Loy, Jean Arthur, and Claudette Colbert 132
  11. Part Three. The Grande Dames
  12. 5. Missing Links: Bringing Up Baby 174
  13. 6. The Lady-Dame: Irene Dunne and The Awful Truth 202
  14. 7. Garbo’s Laugh 236
  15. 8. Female Rampant: His Girl Friday 268
  16. 9. The Lady Eve and the Female Con 298
  17. Conclusion: Blondes Born Yesterday 324
  18. Notes 341
  19. Index 359
Fast-Talking Dames
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https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300133882-010

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Acknowledgments xv
  5. Part One. A Comic History of Dames
  6. 1. Fast-Talking Dames 4
  7. 2. Female Pygmalions 36
  8. Part Two. Hot Heiresses and Working Girls
  9. 3. Blonde Bombshells: Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, and Ginger Rogers 84
  10. 4. My Favorite Brunettes: Myrna Loy, Jean Arthur, and Claudette Colbert 132
  11. Part Three. The Grande Dames
  12. 5. Missing Links: Bringing Up Baby 174
  13. 6. The Lady-Dame: Irene Dunne and The Awful Truth 202
  14. 7. Garbo’s Laugh 236
  15. 8. Female Rampant: His Girl Friday 268
  16. 9. The Lady Eve and the Female Con 298
  17. Conclusion: Blondes Born Yesterday 324
  18. Notes 341
  19. Index 359
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