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The Star System: Hollywood's Production of Popular Identities

The Star System: Hollywood's Production of Popular Identities

McDonald, Paul

Paperback

Series: Short Cuts

Acting & AuditioningFilm Studies

ISBN10: 1903364027
ISBN13: 9781903364024
Publisher: Wallflower Pr
Published: Jun 13 2001
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.39 Width: 5.30 Depth: 7.82
Language: English
Looks at the development and changing organization of the star system in the American film industry. Tracing the popularity of star performers from the early cinema of attractions to the Internet universe, Paul McDonald explores the ways in which Hollywood has made and sold its stars. Through focusing on particular historical periods, case studies of Mary Pickford, Bette Davis, James Cagney, Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, and Will Smith illustrate the key conditions influencing the star system in silent cinema, the studio era and the New Hollywood.

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