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96★★★★★★★★★★✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩5Claudette Colbert,Ginger Rogers, andBarbara StanwyckAmerican Homefront WomenDAVID M. LUGOWSKIClaudette Colbert portrait, c. 1943; Ginger Rogers portrait, probably for The Major andthe Minor(1942); Barbara Stanwyck portrait, c. 1941. All photos collection of the author.
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© 2019 Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction: Stardom in the 1940s 1
  5. 1. Abbott and Costello:Who’s on First? 12
  6. 2. Gene Autry and Roy Rogers:The Light of Western Stars 33
  7. 3. Ingrid Bergman:The Face of Authenticity in the Land of Illusion 50
  8. 4. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall:Tough Guy and Cool Dame 70
  9. 5. Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, and Barbara Stanwyck: American Homefront Women 96
  10. 6. Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney: Babes and Beyond 120
  11. 7. Greer Garson: Gallant Ladies and British Wartime Femininity 142
  12. 8. Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth: Pinned Up 166
  13. 9. Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn: Domesticated Mavericks 192
  14. 10. John Wayne: Hero, Leading Man, Innocent, and Troubled Figure 217
  15. In the Wings 235
  16. Works Cited 239
  17. Contributors 245
  18. Index 247
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction: Stardom in the 1940s 1
  5. 1. Abbott and Costello:Who’s on First? 12
  6. 2. Gene Autry and Roy Rogers:The Light of Western Stars 33
  7. 3. Ingrid Bergman:The Face of Authenticity in the Land of Illusion 50
  8. 4. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall:Tough Guy and Cool Dame 70
  9. 5. Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, and Barbara Stanwyck: American Homefront Women 96
  10. 6. Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney: Babes and Beyond 120
  11. 7. Greer Garson: Gallant Ladies and British Wartime Femininity 142
  12. 8. Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth: Pinned Up 166
  13. 9. Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn: Domesticated Mavericks 192
  14. 10. John Wayne: Hero, Leading Man, Innocent, and Troubled Figure 217
  15. In the Wings 235
  16. Works Cited 239
  17. Contributors 245
  18. Index 247
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