Glenda Farrell: Hollywood's Hardboiled Dame - Softcover

Nollen, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936168472 ISBN 13: 9781936168477

Publisher: Midnight Marquee Press, Inc., 2014

Synopsis

Torchy Blane: model for Superman’s Lois Lane. Five-foot-three firecracker. Smart, adventurous blonde. Gimme girl. Wry eyes, pouty kisser. Wicked wisecracks. Sly double take. Fast-talking, no-nonsense, straight-shooting, stand-up, hardboiled dame. Anyone for Glenda Farrell? In addition to her film roles, many of which were brilliant comedic performances, Glenda also had an extensive resume on Broadway, as well as numerous television guest-starring appearances. Whether playing a gangster’s moll, a hash-slinging waitress, or a fast-talking reporter, Glenda Farrell charmed her way into the hearts of America in the 1930s and 1940s and became a friendly well-known face on the new medium of television, winning an Emmy for an episode of Ben Casey, “A Cardinal Act of Mercy.” Finally, a book on Hollywood’s Hardboiled Dame, who was more of an all-around good egg and never hardboiled.

About this title

About the Author:

Historian Scott Allen Nollen was educated in film and history at the University of Iowa.  Since 1986, he has written and edited more than 40 books on the history of film, literature and music, including volumes on Boris Karloff (now finishing his third), Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John Ford, John Wayne and Ward Bond, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, Louis Armstrong, Paul Robeson, Frank Sinatra, Takashi Shimura and (with his wife, Yuyun Yuningsih Nollen) Chester Morris.

About this edition

• Publisher: Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1936168472
• ISBN 13: 9781936168477
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294