This text examines a wide range of Hollywood icons who reflect how stardom in the 1990s was transformed as the nation itself was signaling significant changes to familiar ideas about gender, race, ethnicity, age, class, and nationality.
Weary from the turbulent sixties, America entered the 1970s hoping for calm. Hollywood responded with stars that included Jane Fonda, Al Pacino, Faye Dunaway & Warren Beatty. This volume explores the american movie industry during the years 1970-1979.
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 f…
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 f…
How--and why--do we focus on those individuals we come to call stars? How does stardom both reflect and mask the person behind it? How have the image of stardom and our stars' images changed over the past hundred years? What does celebrity mean if people can become famous simply…
Focusing on stardom during the 1920s, this title reveals strong connections & dissonances in matters of storytelling & performance that can be traced both backwards & forwards, from the silent era to the emergence of sound.