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Examines 45 films featuring 'grande dames' in horror films. This book includes a history of women in horror before the 1962 release of ""What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"", which launched the 'Grande Dame Guignol' subgenre, in which older women are featured as morally ambiguous leading ladies.

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      Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
      Publication Date: 9/29/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786445691, 978-0786445691
      ISBN10: 0786445696

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      Book Synopsis
      Examines 45 films featuring 'grande dames' in horror films. This book includes a history of women in horror before the 1962 release of ""What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"", which launched the 'Grande Dame Guignol' subgenre, in which older women are featured as morally ambiguous leading ladies.

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