Vixens, Floozies and Molls: 28 Actresses of Late 1920s and 1930s Hollywood - Hardcover

Wollstein, Hans J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786405651 ISBN 13: 9780786405657

Publisher: McFarland Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

The floozy, the gangster's moll, the nasty debutante: Most Hollywood actresses played at least one of these bad girls in the 1930s. Since censorship customarily demanded that goodness prevail, vixens were in mainly supporting roles-but the actresses who played them were often colorful scene stealers.

These characters and the women who played them first began to appear in film in 1915 when Theda Bara played home-wrecker Elsie Drummond in The Vixen. Movie theaters filled and the industry focused on heaving bosoms and ceaseless lust. Bara never shed the vamp image. The type evolved into the flapper, the gangster's moll, the "dame," and the "bad girl." This work covers the lives and careers of 28 actresses, providing details about their lives and giving complete filmographies of their careers.

About this title

About the Author:

Hans J. Wollstein has appeared as an actor on screen and in television in Denmark, Germany and the United States. Retired from performing, he now resides in his native Copenhagen.

From Booklist:

Similar in arrangement to such recent McFarland publications as Women in Horror Films, 1930s and Women in Horror Films, 1940s [both RBB My 1 99], this volume profiles 28 of Hollywood's "other women," including Esther Muir, femme fatale of A Day at the Races, and Ona Munson, remembered best for her role as Belle Watling in Gone with the Wind.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0786405651
• ISBN 13: 9780786405657
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 274