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A well-researched book about the fashioning of a Hollywood star's public image during World War II that should appeal to the fans of Gene Tierney--Leah K. Huey Library Journal (9/13/2022 12:00:00 AM) Chronically underrated thanks to her peerless beauty, Gene Tierney is a fruitful subject for Will Scheibel's insightful analysis. Delving into publicity, fashion, and complex attitudes towards gender and race, he offers a fascinating account of how Hollywood molded star personas, detailing the exhausting labor-emotional, physical, and creative-that went into embodying a feminine ideal.--Imogen Sara Smith author of In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City Gene Tierney is an important contribution to star studies and American film history that is long overdue on one of Hollywood's most popular stars during the 1940s. Through careful primary research and close textual analysis of her films and image, Scheibel unveils new insights not just on Gene Tierney's career but also on Hollywood stardom, the U.S. female audience, and on the shifting gender norms for women in the WWII and postwar years.--Emily Carman author of Independent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System Thoroughly researched and lucidly written, Gene Tierney reveals the complexity of Tierney's star image and of studio-era stardom more generally. Through astute analysis of films, scripts, publicity, studio memoranda, and more, Scheibel traces the evolution of Tierney's persona through war and peace and personal tragedy. While Tierney is best remembered for her beauty, Scheibel demonstrates that her career was built on so much more.--Kristen Hatch author of Shirley Temple and the Performance of Girlhood

Chronically underrated thanks to her peerless beauty, Gene Tierney is a fruitful subject for Will Scheibel's insightful analysis. Delving into publicity, fashion, and complex attitudes towards gender and race, he offers a fascinating account of how Hollywood molded star personas, detailing the exhausting labor-emotional, physical, and creative-that went into embodying a feminine ideal.--Imogen Sara Smith author of In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City Gene Tierney is an important contribution to star studies and American film history that is long overdue on one of Hollywood's most popular stars during the 1940s. Through careful primary research and close textual analysis of her films and image, Scheibel unveils new insights not just on Gene Tierney's career but also on Hollywood stardom, the U.S. female audience, and on the shifting gender norms for women in the WWII and postwar years.--Emily Carman author of Independent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System Thoroughly researched and lucidly written, Gene Tierney reveals the complexity of Tierney's star image and of studio-era stardom more generally. Through astute analysis of films, scripts, publicity, studio memoranda, and more, Scheibel traces the evolution of Tierney's persona through war and peace and personal tragedy. While Tierney is best remembered for her beauty, Scheibel demonstrates that her career was built on so much more.--Kristen Hatch author of Shirley Temple and the Performance of Girlhood

"A well-researched book about the fashioning of a Hollywood star's public image during World War II that should appeal to the fans of Gene Tierney--Leah K. Huey ""Library Journal"" (9/13/2022 12:00:00 AM) Chronically underrated thanks to her peerless beauty, Gene Tierney is a fruitful subject for Will Scheibel's insightful analysis. Delving into publicity, fashion, and complex attitudes towards gender and race, he offers a fascinating account of how Hollywood molded star personas, detailing the exhausting labor-emotional, physical, and creative-that went into embodying a feminine ideal.--Imogen Sara Smith ""author of In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City"" Gene Tierney is an important contribution to star studies and American film history that is long overdue on one of Hollywood's most popular stars during the 1940s. Through careful primary research and close textual analysis of her films and image, Scheibel unveils new insights not just on Gene Tierney's career but also on Hollywood stardom, the U.S. female audience, and on the shifting gender norms for women in the WWII and postwar years.--Emily Carman ""author of Independent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System"" Thoroughly researched and lucidly written, Gene Tierney reveals the complexity of Tierney's star image and of studio-era stardom more generally. Through astute analysis of films, scripts, publicity, studio memoranda, and more, Scheibel traces the evolution of Tierney's persona through war and peace and personal tragedy. While Tierney is best remembered for her beauty, Scheibel demonstrates that her career was built on so much more.--Kristen Hatch ""author of Shirley Temple and the Performance of Girlhood"""

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Will Scheibel is associate professor of English at Syracuse University, where he teaches film and screen studies. He is the coauthor of Twin Peaks, a volume in the TV Milestones Series (Wayne State University Press, 2020), with Julie Grossman. His articles have appeared in numerous journals, including Camera Obscura, Film Criticism, Journal of Gender Studies, and Celebrity Studies.

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