Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248), filmography (pages 243-246) and index.
Joan Blondell : "A studio dame" -- Nancy Coleman : "The fragile heroine" -- Bette Davis : "The Fourth Warner Brother" -- Olivia de Havilland : "The perfect lady" -- Glenda Farrell : "The gimme girl" -- Kay Francis : "Trouble in Paradise" -- Ruby Keeler : "Those dancing feet" -- Andrea King : "The femme fatale" -- Priscilla Lane : "Warners' blonde sweetheart" -- Joan Leslie : "The girl next door" -- Ida Lupino : "Mum" -- Eleanor Parker : "Woman of a thousand faces" -- Ann Sheridan : "The oomph girl" -- Alexis Smith : "The ice princess" -- Jane Wyman : "The late bloomer."