It was the heyday of exciting Hollywood glitter and glamour. To be in the movies in the 1930s was to be in the right place at the right time. HOLLYWOOD PLAYERS: THE THIRTIES by James Robert Parish and William T. The 14 studio stars profiled are Ann Harding, Constance Bennett, Irene Dunne, Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn, Anne Shirley, Lucille Ball, Joan Fontaine, Wendy Barrie, Lupe Velez, Maureen O’Hara, Jane Russell, Barbara Hale, and Jane Greer.Ģ. Each lengthy, well-documented chapter focuses on the subject’s professional career and private life and includes detailed cast and credits of the celebrity’s feature film appearances. This book is a cornucopia of Hollywood information on the impressive leading ladies who made RKO a major force in Tinseltown. In late 1930 RKO purchased Pathé Exchanges and Studio. Kennedy's Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) studio were melded together under the control of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in the fall of 1928. It was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orpheum (KAO) vaudeville theater circuit and Joseph P. RKO was one of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's Golden Age.
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