Daughter of Daring (ePub)
The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood's First Stuntwoman
(Sprache: Englisch)
From LA Times bestselling author Mallory O'Meara, the untold story of America's first professional stuntwoman, Helen Gibson, who set groundbreaking precedents for women in Hollywood
Helen Gibson was a woman willing to try anything. Advertised as "The...
Helen Gibson was a woman willing to try anything. Advertised as "The...
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From LA Times bestselling author Mallory O'Meara, the untold story of America's first professional stuntwoman, Helen Gibson, who set groundbreaking precedents for women in Hollywood
Helen Gibson was a woman willing to try anything. Advertised as "The Most Daring Actress in Pictures," Helen emerged in the early days of the twentieth-century silent film scene as a rodeo rider, producer, performer and stunt double for iconic stars of the era. Her exploits were as dangerous as they were glamorous, featured in hundreds of films and serials-yet her legacy was quickly overshadowed by the increasingly hypermasculine and male-dominated evolution of action films in the decades that would follow her.
In the first-ever published biography of Helen Gibson, award-winning author Mallory O'Meara presents her life and career in exhilarating detail, including:
Through the page-turning story of Helen's pioneering legacy, Mallory O'Meara shines a light on the unsung history of Hollywood stuntwomen and the crucial shifts they brought to women's visibility and work in cinema.
Helen Gibson was a woman willing to try anything. Advertised as "The Most Daring Actress in Pictures," Helen emerged in the early days of the twentieth-century silent film scene as a rodeo rider, producer, performer and stunt double for iconic stars of the era. Her exploits were as dangerous as they were glamorous, featured in hundreds of films and serials-yet her legacy was quickly overshadowed by the increasingly hypermasculine and male-dominated evolution of action films in the decades that would follow her.
In the first-ever published biography of Helen Gibson, award-winning author Mallory O'Meara presents her life and career in exhilarating detail, including:
- Helen's rise to fame in The Hazards of Helen, the longest-running serial in history
- How Helen became the first-ever stunt double in American film and the first stuntperson to jump from a moving train
- The pivotal and overlooked role of Helen's contemporaries-including female directors, stars and stuntwomen who shaped the making of narrative film.
Through the page-turning story of Helen's pioneering legacy, Mallory O'Meara shines a light on the unsung history of Hollywood stuntwomen and the crucial shifts they brought to women's visibility and work in cinema.
Autoren-Porträt von Mallory O'Meara
Mallory O'Meara is an author, screenwriter and a producer for the independent film company Dark Dunes Productions. Whether it is for the screen or the page, she seeks creative projects imbued with horror and monsters. A New England native, she now lives in Los Angeles.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Mallory O'Meara
- 2025, Original, Englisch
- Verlag: Hanover Square Press
- ISBN-10: 0369746597
- ISBN-13: 9780369746597
- Erscheinungsdatum: 18.02.2025
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