Bad Girls: Film Fatales, Sirens, and Molls
- ISBN-10
- 1933112034
- ISBN-13
- 9781933112039
- Series
- Bad Girls
- Category
- Femmes fatales in motion pictures
- Pages
- 175
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Booksales
- Author
- Tony Turtu
Description
Sensational and unapologetic, B movie bad girls of the big screen starred in sexy suspense thrillers during film's golden age. A celebration of the wicked, the wayward, and the wanton, Bad Girls: Film Fatales, Sirens, and Molls remembers the actresses who gave those celluloid sinners their oomph. Blinded by desire, crazed with jealousy, and ripe with sin, these luscious, lascivious ladies broke the female stereotype as they antagonized with a vengeance, hiding guns in their garters and knives in their hair. Working with scant scripts, they relied on their beauty, bodies, and female prowess to carve their own niche in the man's world of moviemaking. Prized for their campy quality and over-acting, these bad girls redefined the Hollywood girl-next-door ideal and paved the walk of fame for villainous vixens to come. Encompassing film noir femme fatales, brassy blondes, juvenile delinquents, and their foreign 'sisters, ' we will shine a spotlight (or would an interrogation lamp be more fitting?) on several genres of filmmaking where these man traps flourished
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