{"product_id":"complicated-women-mick-lasalle-9780312284312","title":"Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the pre-Code Hollywood era, between 1929 and 1934, women in American cinema took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands, enjoyed their sexuality, led unapologetic careers, and, in general, acted the way many think women only acted after 1968. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore then, women on screen had come in two varieties-sweet ingenue or vamp. Then two stars came along: Greta Garbo, who turned the femme fatale into a woman whose capacity for love and sacrifice made all other human emotions seem pale; and Norma Shearer, who succeeded in taking the ingenue to a place she'd never been: the bedroom. In their wake came a deluge of other complicated women-Marlene Dietrich, Jean Harlow, and Mae West, to name a few. Then, in July 1934, the draconian Production Code became the law in Hollywood and these modern women of the screen were banished, not to be seen again until the code was repealed three decades later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA thorough survey and a tribute to these films, \u003ci\u003eComplicated Women\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how this was the true Golden Age of women's films.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mick Lasalle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312284314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312284312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/2002 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/31\/2002 pg. 20","brand":"Mick Lasalle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047742697727,"sku":"9780312284312","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f3718f21-d54e-4fce-bdf2-87c7b432fde4.jpg?v=1684991933","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/complicated-women-mick-lasalle-9780312284312","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}