Elizabeth Kendall, Author Knopf Publishing Group $24.95 (285p) ISBN 978-0-394-51187-0
Depression-era romantic film comedies starring Jean Arthur, Claudette Colbert, Irene Dunne, Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Myrna Loy, Ginger Rogers and Barbara Stanwyck are enthrallingly appraised here by social historian Kendall ( Where She...
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Elizabeth Kendall, Author Anchor Books $12 (285p) ISBN 978-0-385-42033-4
Such movie directors as Frank Capra, George Stevens and Preston Sturges attempted to portray romance from a woman's point of view; It Happened One Night and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town are examples of their now-classic formula. ``Depression-era romantic...
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Elizabeth Kendall, Author Random House (NY) $23.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-679-45292-8
The oldest of six children, Kendall was so close to her mother that she could say: ""We confused each other about where one of us started and the other ended."" This extraordinary emotional bond was abruptly severed in 1969, when her mother was...
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Elizabeth Kendall. Oxford Univ., $35 (304p) ISBN 978-0-19-995934-1
In this extensively researched, if overly detailed, dual biography, literature professor and dance critic Kendall (Autobiography of a Wardrobe) posits that ballet dancer Lidia Ivanova (1903-1924) had an enduring influence on the long and illustrious
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Elizabeth Kendall, Author, Laurie Pincus, Illustrator . Pantheon $20 (223p) ISBN 978-0-375-42500-4
Having written a family memoir (American Daughter
) and a study of women in screwball comedy (The Runaway Bride
), Kendall now retells her own life—from the perspective of her omniscient wardrobe. “Soundless and mute, but extremely...
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