The Paramount Pretties

The Paramount Pretties
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Download or read book The Paramount Pretties written by James Robert Parish and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to The Paramount Pretties by James Robert Parish. In the heyday of Hollywood, every major studio had its own unique individuality. . . a personality defined by its films and its roster of stars. Thus Paramount Pictures was thought to be the haven of sophistication, style, and subtlety; its actresses the epitome of wit, intelligence, and beauty. The Paramount Pretties focuses on 16 of the most striking and celebrated of Paramount's actresses to illustrate the studio's distinctive identity. The result is a fascinating display of decades of filmmaking-and an eye-opening mirror of the changing tastes of American filmgoers and filmmakers. Here are the big screen queens of the Paramount lot, each ruling in turn as the American scene shifts from Prohibition, Depression, New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, and thereafter. Each actress reflects the dreams and the character of the era . . . as seen by Paramount Pictures. Detailed filmographies accompany the expansive narrative of each leading lady's impressive film career and her complex personal life: GLORIA SWANSON: Grand sophisticate with a flair for comedy . . . CLARA BOW: The troubled jazz baby . . . CLAUDETTE COLBERT: Tongue-in-cheek vivacity . . . CAROLE LOMBARD: Striking good looks and high spirits . . . MARLENE DIETRICH: The eternally feminine German import . . . MIRIAM HOPKINS: Cheeky chic from the Deep South . . . SYLVIA SIDNEY: Polished, dynamic, and dramatic . . . MAE WEST: The first truly Liberated Woman . . . DOROTHY LAMOUR: Manicured exoticism in a sarong . . . PAULETTE GODDARD: Saucy sparkle and radiant . . . VERONICA LAKE: Provocative lynx with the peek-a-boo hairstyle . . . DIANA LYNN: The precocious girl next door . . . BETTY HUTTON: Madcap Rosie the Riveter-on the town . . . JOAN CAULFIELD: Charming refinement . . . LIZABETH SCOTT: Vibrant toughness and icy allure . . . SHIRLEY MacLAINE: Piquant individualist with a range of talents Also included in The Paramount Pretties is an appendix summarizing the contributions of Paramount's moviemaking geniuses over the decades, including Cecil B. DeMille, Buddy De Sylva, Jesse L. Lasky, Ernst Lubitsch, B. P. Schulberg, Hal Wallis, and Adolph Zukor.


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