Description
Book SynopsisA captivating study of one of classic Hollywood's most fascinating bodies
Trade Review“An eminently good read.”--
The Bay Area Reporter“[An] excellent, superbly detailed and illustrated book. . . . Highly recommended.”--
Choice"An important, groundbreaking work. In reminding us of the stardom of Marie Dressler--the most significant female box-office star of the early sound era in Hollywood--Sturtevant not only tells the definitive story of this unjustly forgotten figure, but calls into question the very idea that stardom is simply an 'industry of desire.'"--David Desser, coeditor of
Hollywood Goes Shopping"Rich with archival materials, this marvelous study of Marie Dressler's film career deranges the norm, questions critical assumptions, and challenges our historical comprehension of the period."--Jennifer M. Bean, coeditor of
A Feminist Reader in Early CinemaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
1.
Tillie's Punctured Romance: Genre and the Body 1
2. Breaking Boundaries: The Unruly Body 30
3.
Politics and
Prosperity: The Body Politic 60
4.
Min and Bill and
Tugboat Annie: The Mythic Body 93
5.
Emma and
Christopher Bean: The Sexual Body 126
Conclusion
Dinner at Eight: The Unclosed Body 161 Notes 173
Filmography: Dressler's Feature Films 185
Index 187
