Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Part I. Along the Road to Hollywood Prologue I. Landscapes 1. "Oh for a girl who could ride a horse like Pearl White": The Actress Democratizes Fame 2. Women-Made Women: Writing the "Movies" before Hollywood Part II. Melodramas of Hollywood's Birth Prologue II. The Postwar Revolution in Morals and Manners, Redux 3. Hollywood Bohemia 4. The Movie Menace 5. A Star Is Born: Rereading Hollywood's First Sex Scandal Conclusion: The Girl from Hollywood Filmography Notes Acknowledgments Index

About the Author

Hilary Hallett is Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University.

Reviews

"Don't miss Go West, Young Women!" The Huffington Post "A lively look at Hollywood's past, when the movies were still in their infancy, and at the women who were a critical part of it... Highly recommended." -- G. A. Foster Choice "Substantial and invigorating ... an intriguing odyssey into early Hollywood culture and its female coterie of creators, stars, and consumers whose centrality to the evolution of the film industry has not previously been identified or accounted for in adequate terms." Western Historical Quarterly