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1) Silent stars
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 497 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 586 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Film studies authority Basinger gives us an entertaining look into the "star machine, " examining how, at the height of the studio system, from the 1930s to the 1950s, the studios manufactured star actors and actresses. She shows us how the machine worked when it worked, how it failed when it didn't, and how irrelevant it could sometimes be. She gives us the "human factor, " case studies focusing on big stars groomed into the system: the "awesomely...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The real story of Hollywood--as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, Harold Lloyd, Jordan Peele, and nearly four hundred others--reveals a fresh history of the American movie industry from its beginnings to today"--Dust jacket flap.
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