Full name: Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir

Author: Eddie Muller Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Movies Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780060988548 9780060393694 0060988541 0060393696

Film noir was the dark side of the movies' happily-ever-after mythology. Sinister and sexy, it forged a new icon: the tough, independent, take-no-guff dame. Determined, desirable, dangerous when cornered, she could handle trouble -- or deal out some of her own.If you thought these women were something special on screen -- wait until you meet the genuine articles. In Dark City Dames, Eddie Muller profiles six women who've made a lasting impression in this cinematic terrain: from veteran "bad girls" Audrey Totter, Marie Windsor, and Jane Greer to unexpected genre stalwarts Evelyn Keyes, Coleen Gray, and Ann Savage. The book tracks the lives of these formidable women during two distinct eras: first in Hollywood circa 1950, as they balanced love and career, struggled against typecasting, and sought fulfillment in a ruthless business; then again today, as they enjoy a renaissance that's made them more popular than ever. In the book's pages the women reflect on the half-century between, recounting lives with as much passion, pain, loss, and redemption as any movie script. Dark City Dames conveys the glorious excitement of gifted performers living out their youthful fantasies -- and shows how they took charge of their destinies, once Hollywood had discounted their allure. It is a rare film book, offering insights into the changing image and attitudes of American women, both on and off the silver screen. Similar books: Dark City by Eddie Muller Story by Robert McKee Sculpting in Time by Andrei Tarkovsky Easy riders, raging bulls by Peter Biskind Nightmare USA by Stephen Thrower The Great Movies by Roger Ebert Lynch on Lynch by David Lynch In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch The Genius of the System by Thomas Schatz All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger by Lloyd Kaufman Awake in the Dark by Roger Ebert This Is Orson Welles by Orson Welles On Film-making by Alexander Mackendrick Film Directing Shot by Shot by Steven D. Katz When Movies Mattered by Dave Kehr Images by Ingmar Bergman A Woman's View by Jeanine Basinger Leading Men by Turner Classic Movies How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime by Roger Corman Who the Devil Made It by Peter Bogdanovich