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Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock
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Winner:Edgar Award -Critical/Biographical (2021)
Winner:Agatha Award -Non-Fiction (2020)
Phantom Lady chronicles the untold story of Hollywood's most powerful female writer-producer of the 1940s. In 1933, Joan Harrison was a twenty-six-year-old former salesgirl with a dream of escaping her stodgy London suburb and the dreadful prospect of settling down with one of the local boys. A few short years later, she was Alfred Hitchcock's confidante and the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of his first American film, Rebecca. Harrison had quickly grown from being the worst secretary Alfred Hitchcock ever had to one of his closest collaborators, critically shaping his brand as the "master of suspense." Forging an image as "the female Hitchcock," Harrison went on to produce numerous Hollywood features before becoming a television pioneer as the producer of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. A respected powerhouse, she acquired a singular reputation for running amazingly smooth productions--and defying anyone who posed an obstacle. Author Christina Lane shows how this stylish, stunning woman, with an adventurous romantic life, became an unconventional but impressive auteur, one whom history has overlooked.
Book Details
- Publisher: Chicago Review Press
- Publish Date: Sep 7th, 2021
- Pages: 392
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.98in - 5.98in - 1.02in - 1.45lb
- EAN: 9781641605731
- Categories: • Entertainment & Performing Arts• Women
About the Author
Christina Lane is an Edgar(R)-Award winning author and professor of film studies in the Cinematic Arts Department at the University of Miami. Her books include Feminist Hollywood: From Born in Flames to Point Break, Magnolia, and Phantom Lady. She makes frequent speaking appearances and has provided commentary for such outlets as the Daily Mail, CrimeReads and AirMail, and has been a featured guest speaker at the Film Forum, and on NPR and Turner Classic Movies.