Hollywood Ambitions: Celebrity in the Movie Age

by Marsha Orgeron

The Hollywood experiences of five remarkable American personalities reveal how the motion picture industry created a new kind of fame

Working with a varied and untraditional cast of characters--Wyatt Earp, Jack London, Clara Bow, Gertrude Stein, and Ida Lupino--author Marsha Orgeron examines the Hollywood ambitions of a fading western legend, a successful popular author, a poor Brooklyn girl turned flapper icon, a self-proclaimed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819568651
• ISBN13: 9780819568656
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.9"