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Hollywood Lesbians

Interviews Sandy Dennis, Barbara Stanwyck, Marjorie Main, Nancy Kulp, Patsy Kelly, Agnes Moorehead, Edith Head, Judith Anderson, and others about life as a lesbian in the film industry during the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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