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1 online resource (x, 318 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; 1 Birthday Wishes; 2 First Taste of Drama; 3 On the Road; 4 Champion of the Underdog; 5 Entrepreneurial Spirit; 6 Theatrical Aristocrat; 7 Sunny Jim; 8 The Working Girl; 9 The Height of Her Power; 10 Marie Dressier's Merry Gambol; 11 Mix-ups and Movies; 12 War Work; 13 Striking for the Ponies; 14 Marie's Nightmare; 15 Door to the Future; 16 Queen Marie; 17 The Little Doctor; 18 The Treatment; 19 Prosperity; 20 God's Exhibit A to the World; 21 Mayer's Marathon; 22 And to All, Goodnight; 23 Flutter of Doubt |
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Marie Dressier FilmographyNotes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index |
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"" She was homely, overweight, and over the hill, but there was a time when Marie Dressler outdrew such cinema sex symbols as Garbo, Dietrich, and Harlow. To movie audiences suffering the hardships of the Great Depression, she was Everywoman, and in the early 1930s her charming mixture of pathos and comedy packed movie theaters everywhere. In the early days of the century, Dressler was constantly in the headlines. She took up the cause of the ""ponies"" in the chorus lines, earning them better pay and benefits. She played in productions organized to raise money for the women's suffrage move |
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Filmography: pages 270-274 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-303) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Dressler, Marie, 1869-1934.
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| SUBJECT |
Dressler, Marie, 1869-1934 fast |
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Actors -- United States -- Biography
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Actors -- United States -- Biography
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Actors
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United States
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Biographies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813145716 |
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0813145716 |
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9780813145723 |
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0813145724 |
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0813170052 |
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9780813170053 |
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