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Paperback / softback. New. Defying industry logic and gender expectations, women started flocking to see horror films in the early 1940s. The departure of the young male audience and the surprise success of the film Cat People convinced studios that there was an untapped female audience for horror movies, and they adjusted their production and marketing strategies accordingly. Phantom Ladies reveals the untold story of how the Hollywood horror film changed dramatically in the early 1940s, including both female heroines and female monsters while incorporating elements of "women's genres" like the gothic mystery. Drawing from a wealth of newly unearthed archival material, from production records to audience surveys, Tim Snelson challenges long-held assumptions about gender and horror film viewership. Examining a wide range of classic horror movies, Snelson offers us a new appreciation of how dynamic this genre could be, as it underwent seismic shifts in a matter of months.…
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Phantom Ladies: Hollywood Horror and the Home Front Paperback - 2014
by Tim Snelson
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- Title Phantom Ladies: Hollywood Horror and the Home Front
- Author Tim Snelson
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Rutgers University Press
- Date 2014
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780813570426 / 0813570425
- Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 9.05 x 6.02 x 0.54 in (22.99 x 15.29 x 1.37 cm)
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- Aspects (Academic): Film
- Library of Congress subjects Women in motion pictures, Sex role in motion pictures
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014000069
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.436
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