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Grande Dame Guignol Cinema: A History of Hag Horror from Baby Jane to Mother Peter Shelley
Grande Dame Guignol Cinema: A History of Hag Horror from Baby Jane to Mother
Peter Shelley
Examines 45 films featuring 'grande dames' in horror films. This book includes a history of women in horror before the 1962 release of ""What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"", which launched the 'Grande Dame Guignol' subgenre, in which older women are featured as morally ambiguous leading ladies.
331 pages, photos, notes, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 29, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780786445691 |
| Publishers | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Pages | 340 |
| Dimensions | 177 × 254 × 21 mm · 642 g |
| Language | English |
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