{"product_id":"helen-twelvetrees-perfect-ingenue-rediscovering-a-1930s-movie-star-and-her-32-films-paperback","title":"Helen Twelvetrees, Perfect Ingenue: Rediscovering a 1930s Movie Star and Her 32 Films - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Van Neste\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eCliff Aliperti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Twelvetrees, Perfect Ingenue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRediscovering a 1930s Movie Star and Her 32 Films\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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\u003eShe 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\u003eForeword by Dan Van Neste, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Whistler: Stepping Into the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with still photographs from the author's personal collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 364\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48453250253021,"sku":"9781518736117","price":30.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/RRCgx-Jl3G9781518736117.webp?v=1787889203","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/helen-twelvetrees-perfect-ingenue-rediscovering-a-1930s-movie-star-and-her-32-films-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}