Karen Burroughs Hannsberry is editor of the bimonthly film noir newsletter The Dark Pages and has written about the actors of film noir. She lives in Chicago.

• Table of ContentsVolume 1Acknowledgments      Introduction      Lauren Bacall      Joan Bennett      Ann Blyth      Peggie Castle      Jeanne Crain      Joan Crawford      Peggy Cummins      Rosemary DeCamp      Yvonne DeCarlo      Faye Emerson      Hope Emerson      Rhonda Fleming      Nina Foch      Sally Forrest      Ava Gardner      Gloria Grahame      Coleen Gray      Jane Greer      Jean Hagen      Dorothy Hart      Signe Hasso      Susan Hayward      Rita Hayworth      Virginia Huston      Adele Jergens      Evelyn Keyes      Veronica Lake      Ida Lupino      Volume 2Dorothy Malone      Marilyn Monroe      Agnes Moorehead      Cathy O’Donnell      Dorothy Patrick      Jean Peters      Ella Raines      Ruth Roman      Gail Russell      Jane Russell      Lizabeth Scott      Barbara Stanwyck      Jan Sterling      Gene Tierney      Audrey Totter      Claire Trevor      Lana Turner      Helen Walker      Marie Windsor      Shelley Winters      Loretta Young      Bibliography      Index

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