Frances Farmer: The Life and Films of a Troubled Star - Softcover
Previous biographies of American actress Frances Farmer (1913-1970) have downplayed her professional achievements to emphasize her turbulent personal life, including several police arrests and repeated confinements in a state mental hospital. By focusing upon her acting career, this book endeavors to restore her position as a significant Hollywood player of the 1930s, '40s and '50s. An analysis of her film, radio and television work is offered, as well as assessments of the three Frances Farmer biopics and the documentaries in which she is featured. Each of her 16 films receives a chapter-length discussion. A very lengthy biographical chapter is included.
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I first learned about Frances Farmer from Kenneth Anger's book, "Hollywood Babylon", in his chapter Daughter of Fury: Frances, Saint. Before I had any awareness of her as an actress, here was Frances infamous as a shamed celebrity, unprotected and humiliated. Those horribly unflattering press photographs were the very definition of tabloid exploitation at a time when most movie stars were protected by studio contracts and publicists. How could this have happened to her?
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Playwright and library assistant Peter Shelley is the author of several books on film history. He lives in Sydney, Australia.
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- PublisherMcFarland & Company
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0786447451
- ISBN 13 9780786447459
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