A Great Big Girl Like Me: The Films of Marie Dressler
(Part of the Women and Film History International Series)
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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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