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Christina Lane

Christina Lane is the author of the book, Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock.

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February 4, 2020 Chicago Review Press

The first biography of Joan Harrison, one of the most influential women of Hollywood’s golden era, the woman who, working behind the scenes, shaped the screen style of Alfred Hitchcock, master of suspense.

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“Christina Lane’s Phantom Lady is a revelation. Even for those of us who thought we knew Hitchcock backwards and forwards, the surprise is how deeply intertwined Harrison and Hitchcock were, making a creative trio with the also-essential Alma. I was stunned at how early Joan Harrison came on board, how crucial she was in the evolution of the iconic Hitchcock blonde, and how smart she was both on the script level and in handling the sometimes-crass behavior of the man.  Lane corrects what we now see as the monumentally biased biographies that minimized Joan’s contribution. And did I mention it’s a riveting read!”
—Molly Haskell, author of From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies
Christina Lane

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Christina Lane is the Edgar®-Award winning author of the biography Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock. Her previous publications include the books Magnolia, a critical evaluation of the Paul Thomas Anderson film, and Feminist Hollywood: From Born in Flames to Point Break. A professor of film studies and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the School of Communication at the University of Miami, she has been a featured guest speaker at the Film Forum, the Queens Library, the Norton Museum of Art, and on NPR and Turner Classic Movies.