Morrill, Cynthia, 94–95, 239

Mulvey, Laura, 5–7, 12, 197n8, 202n24, 239

Naremore, James, 106, 239

neo-noir, 106

new woman, 86–87

O’Brien, Edmund, 158

O’Hara, Frank, 63, 239

Oldfield, Barry, 126

Osborne, Marijane, 18

The Outlaw, 156

parody, 12, 14, 70, 72, 91, 99–100, 197n7, 235

Pandora's Box, 23

Peiss, Kathy, 17, 87–91, 171, 205n49, 240

Perry, Timothy, 105, 128, 138, 240

Peyton Place, 118–119, 206, 218

Philips, Lee, 118–119

Pitman, Joanna, 4, 240

Place, Janey, 106, 108, 114, 116, 118, 125–126, 131, 133–134, 240

Platinum Blonde, 41–42, 44–45, 133

The Postman Always Rings Twice, 108–109, 114, 117, 125, 127, 129, 132, 135, 137, 139–141, 143, 205n64, 218, 227

Powell, William, 41, 43, 214

The Prodigal, 103

Promises! Promises!, 184–186, 223, 247

prostitution, 7, 23, 76–78, 80, 86–87, 153, 186, 205n47, 206n50

queening, 67, 69, 98–99, 205n44, 245

queer, 94, 96–97, 99, 200, 225, 239

Red Dust, 30, 47–48, 213

rhetorics of transgression, 163, 166, 183, 187

Rick's Café, 133

Riviere, Joan, 11, 241

Robertson, Pamela, 11–15, 70, 72, 75–76, 78–80, 88, 91–93, 95–99, 205n45, 206n54, 241

Rogers, Ginger, 25, 28

Russell, Jane, 6, 8, 156, 168, 209n74

Rutherford, Anne, 38–39, 242

Rutherford, Paul, 156

Saxton, Martha, 146, 148, 151, 156–158, 163, 167, 170–171, 175–181, 187, 210n75, 242

Shepherd, Cybil, 191

Simmon, Scott, 18

Simpson, Jessica, 3

seduction, 2, 10, 13, 59–60, 91, 122, 153

sex, 1–19, 23, 27, 30–40, 42, 46–47, 50, 54–55, 63–65, 67, 70–74, 77–78, 80, 83–89, 91, 96, 99–100, 103, 111–113, 115–116, 118, 127–130, 132, 145–149, 153–155, 158, 162–163, 166, 172, 174–181, 185–187, 191, 195n2, 196n5–6, 197n7, 198n11, 199n17, 200n18, 203n35, 205n46, 206n52, 206n55, 207n57, 208n62, 213–214, 216, 225, 227–228, 230–241, 243–245

sex goddess/es, 1–18, 23, 27, 32–33, 35, 64–65, 80, 83, 89, 93, 133, 187–191, 193, 214, 231, 235, 243, 245

sex symbol, 42, 72, 146–148, 172, 179, 187, 207n57, 209n71, 213, 237