{"product_id":"helen-twelvetrees-perfect-ingenue-dan-van-neste-9781518736117","title":"Helen Twelvetrees, Perfect Ingenue: Rediscovering a 1930s Movie Star and Her 32 Films","description":"\u003cb\u003eHelen Twelvetrees, Perfect Ingenue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRediscovering a 1930s Movie Star and Her 32 Films\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e At her peak, Helen Twelvetrees was leading lady to legends like John Barrymore and Spencer Tracy. Other early co-stars who were billed below her included Joan Blondell, John Wayne, and Clark Gable. Twelvetrees broke out in \u003ci\u003eHer Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1930) and affirmed her stardom in \u003ci\u003eMillie\u003c\/i\u003e (1931). Her ten-year Hollywood career is highlighted by a run of starring roles in pre-Code era melodramas, but Helen Twelvetrees kept working long after movie audiences had forgotten her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e She lost momentum for a variety of reasons. External factors such as typecasting, studio anarchy, and Production Code enforcement, combined with an independent attitude that spurred inconvenient headlines and whispers of temperament are among those that kept her career from progressing. At her peak she chose to follow natural impulses and start a family, but in terms of her career, her pregnancy couldn't have come at a worse time. When she returned to the screen it was with a new studio, and the types of films she was known for were not as popular as they had been before her maternity leave. Afterward, time itself may have been Helen Twelvetrees' greatest enemy: one can only remain an ingenue for so long. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Twelvetrees, Perfect Ingenue\u003c\/i\u003e is one-half biography, one-half film retrospective. Presented here are the life, loves, and career of an unexpectedly modern woman. An extensive collection of notes supports corrections and new findings about Twelvetrees, including her accurate birth-date and a previously unreported marriage, while also supplying additional background about each of her thirty-two movies: the good, the bad, and the lost. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Foreword by Dan Van Neste, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Whistler: Stepping Into the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Illustrated with still photographs from the author's personal collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Van Neste, Cliff Aliperti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1518736114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781518736117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.75d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan Van Neste","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940074684671,"sku":"9781518736117","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c59c16fb-1742-4b26-9499-27564c692971.jpg?v=1681445139","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/helen-twelvetrees-perfect-ingenue-dan-van-neste-9781518736117","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}