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"Bare Knees" Flapper: The Life and Films of Virginia Lee Corbin

"Bare Knees" Flapper: The Life and Films of Virginia Lee Corbin

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Publisher's Synopsis

One of the most popular Hollywood child stars of the late 1910s, Virginia Lee Corbin was well known to fans worldwide. With her mother as her manager, Corbin retained her popularity as she grew older. She performed in vaudeville for a couple of years before continuing her film career. Corbin fit well into the flapper mold of the Jazz Age and appeared in many films throughout the 1920s. As she matured, her mother found it ever more difficult to control her. Corbin led a difficult life. After her mother's suicide attempt, she found that all the money she had earned was gone. Her marriage (at age 18) failed and she was eventually separated from her children. The flapper struggled to remain relevant in the sound era and was trying to make a comeback when she died at 31 in 1942.

Book information

ISBN: 9781476675688
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Imprint: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub date:
DEWEY: 791.43028092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 218
Weight: 396g
Height: 178mm
Width: 254mm
Spine width: 36mm