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O'Meara, Mallory.
Daughter of daring
[BOOK] :
the trick-riding, train-leaping, road-racing life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood's first stuntwoman /
Mallory O'Meara.
Daughter of Daring :
The Trick-riding, Train-leaping, Road-racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood's First Stuntwoman.
Trick-riding, train-leaping, road-racing life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood's first stuntwoman.
Toronto, Canada :
Hanover Square Press,
2025.
376 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-351) and index.
The invention of Hollywood -- The wild west -- The city of girls -- The movie star -- The hazards of Helen -- Women-made women -- Unusual feminine daring -- Strong female protagonist -- A daughter of daring -- The hair-raising business -- Universal city -- No man's woman -- Scandal and vice -- The sound of change -- The Golden Age of Hollywood -- A crack in the system -- A matter of guts -- Epilogue: Strong female protagonist 2 : electric boogaloo.
"A biography of stunt performer Helen Gibson, known as "the most daring actress in pictures" during the Golden Age of Hollywood.".
20250307.
Gibson, Helen,
1892-1977.
Stunt performers
United States
Biography.
Women stunt performers
Biography.
Women in the motion picture industry
California
Los Angeles
History.
Entertainers
United States
Biography.
Biographies.