A Great Big Girl Like Me: The Films of Marie Dressler

(Part of the Women and Film History International Series)

by Victoria Sturtevant

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In this study of Marie Dressler, MGM's most profitable movie star in the early 1930s, Victoria Sturtevant analyzes Dressler's use of her body to challenge Hollywood's standards for leading ladies. At five feet seven inches tall and two hundred pounds, Dressler was never considered the popular "delicate beauty," often playing ugly ducklings, old maids, doting mothers, and imperious dowagers. However, Dressler's body, her fearless physicality, and her...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252076222

ISBN13:9780252076220

Release Date:May 2009

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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Arts, Music & Photography Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Performing Arts Social Science Social Sciences

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