Dynamic Dames

I am delighted that the movies are now featuring strong, independent woman in more dynamic roles.

Perfect film examples are Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, the upcoming Terminator reboot and a score of other comedic, action, drama and film genres.

And it’s not just young women.  Many ripe roles for older women are also becoming available and are shown and are highly successful.

It is true that women have always had roles in movies over the decades: key, but strong and pivotal roles were hard to come by.

In Dynamic Dames 50 Leading Ladies Who Made History, author Sloan De Forest and Running Press, trace the long and illustrious history of powerful women in films.

Julie Newmar (Catwoman) provides the foreword for this exciting new book that gives women their due credit in films.

Since the genesis of film all types of female role models are examined starting with Pre-Code Bad Girls then onto Reel Role Models, Big Bad Mamas, Fatal Femmes, Ladies Who Laugh, Women Of Mystery, Strong Survivors and ending up with Superheroines.

Along the way readers read about the actresses who portrayed the key roles, the films they starred in, behind-the-sense secrets, production notes and occurrences and much more are provided complemented with photographs.

It’s an amazing chronicle of the women who shaped an industry by the roles they played along with their own personal struggles, successes and the obstacles and opportunities they faced to make film history.