Bombshells : five women who set the fifties on fire /: five women who set the fifties on fire. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Shar Daws.
• Authors: Daws, Shar
• Contents: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: Jean Harlow -- 1 The Godmother of Blondes -- 2 'Dearest Dear' -- 3 'Daddy, I Don't Feel Good' -- Part Two: Ruth Ellis -- 4 Angel or Harlot -- 5 Yield to the Night -- 6 'My Love and Hate' -- 7 1955 -- A Bad Year -- 8 The Final Scenes -- 9 'A Life for a Life' -- 10 Last Gasp of a Dying Goddess -- Part Three: Marilyn Monroe -- 11 The Beginning of the End -- 12 Marriages of Inconvenience -- 13 'I Guess I've Always Had Too Much Fantasy to be Only a Housewife' -- 14 The Reluctant Blonde -- 15 Under the Influence 16 The Monster Inside -- 17 When Your Virtue Is Less Important Than Your Hairdo -- 18 From Hollywood to Westwood -- Part Four: Diana Dors -- 19 One and Only -- 20 Resolutely Blonde -- 21 A Scandalous Woman -- 22 Britain's Answer -- 23 Pitfalls of Having It All -- 24 Queen of the Castle -- 25 What is a Lake? -- 26 To Thine Own Self Be True -- Part Five: Jayne Mansfield -- 27 Pink Lollipop World -- 28 Buckled Down Blonde -- 29 The Heart of It -- 30 And Baby Comes Too -- 31 Doing It for the Puff -- 32 'A Woman Should be Pink and Cuddly for a Man' -- 33 Not Quite So Divoon -- 34 Thirty-Four Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Sources -- Notes
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire : The History Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 920.72; Women -- Great Britain -- Biography; Women -- United States -- Biography; Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography; Blondes -- History -- 20th century; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- History -- 20th century; Femmes -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies; Femmes -- États-Unis -- Biographies; Blonds (Personnes) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle; Beauté féminine (Esthétique) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle; Blondes; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics); Motion picture actors and actresses; Women; Great Britain; United States; Biography; Biographies; History; Biographies; Biographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750994583; 0750994584
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.