Christina Lane

Phantom Lady (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Winner of the Mystery Writers of America's 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical In 1933, Joan Harrison was a twenty-six-year-old former salesgirl with a dream of escaping both her stodgy London suburb and the dreadful prospect of settling down with one of the local boys. A few short years later, she was Alfred Hitchcock's confidante and one of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of his first American film, Rebecca. Harrison had quickly grown from being the worst secretary Hitchcock ever had to one of his closest collaborators, critically shaping his brand as the "e;Master of Suspense."e; Harrison went on to produce numerous Hollywood features before becoming a television pioneer as the producer of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. A respected powerhouse, she acquired a singular reputation for running amazingly smooth productions- and defying anyone who posed an obstacle. She built most of her films and series from the ground up. She waged rough-and-tumble battles against executives and censors, and even helped to break the Hollywood blacklist. She teamed up with many of the most respected, well-known directors, writers, and actors of the twentieth century. And she did it all on her own terms.Author Christina Lane shows how this stylish, stunning woman became Hollywood's most powerful female writer-producer-one whom history has since overlooked.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Chicago Review Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781613733875
• Artikelnr.: 59617535

Autorenporträt

Christina Lane is an Edgar(R)-Award winning author and professor of film studies in the Cinematic Arts Department at the University of Miami. Her books include Feminist Hollywood: From Born in Flames to Point Break, Magnolia, and Phantom Lady. She makes frequent speaking appearances and has provided commentary for such outlets as the Daily Mail, CrimeReads and AirMail, and has been a featured guest speaker at the Film Forum, and on NPR and Turner Classic Movies.