{"product_id":"mothers-mammies-and-old-maids-twenty-five-character-actresses-of-golden-age-hollywood-9780786461370","title":"Mothers, Mammies and Old Maids: Twenty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Axel Nissen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Continuing the exploration which began in \u003ci\u003eActresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties\u003c\/i\u003e (McFarland, 2006), this companion volume analyzes the contributions of female supporting players in the films of Hollywood's Golden Age. The twenty-five actresses profiled herein range from the easily recognizable (Marie Dressler, Ethel Waters) to the long forgotten (Esther Howard, Evelyn Varden), and from the prolific (Clara Blandick, Mary Forbes) to the \"one-work wonders\" (Jane Cowl, Queenie Vassar).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Each profile captures the essence of the individual performer's on-screen persona, unique talents and popular appeal--with special emphasis on a single definitive performance of the actress's motion picture career (who, for example, could ever forget Josephine Hull in Harvey?). The appendix offers a list of \"The 100 Top Performances by Character Actresses in Hollywood, 1930-1960.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46866520801431,"sku":"9780786461370","price":3223.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786461370.webp?v=1769982435","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mothers-mammies-and-old-maids-twenty-five-character-actresses-of-golden-age-hollywood-9780786461370","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}