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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-26 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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Language: en
Pages: 79
Pages: 79
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-08 - Publisher: Columbia University Press
Since the earliest days of the movie industry, Hollywood has mythologized itself through stories of stardom. A female protagonist escapes the confines of rural
Language: en
Pages: 222
Pages: 222
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-28 - Publisher: Berghahn Books
Peter Lorre described himself as merely a 'face maker'. His own negative attitude also characterizes traditional perspectives which position Lorre as a tragic f
Language: en
Pages: 236
Pages: 236
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-12-15 - Publisher: University of Texas Press
During the heyday of Hollywood’s studio system, stars were carefully cultivated and promoted, but at the price of their independence. This familiar narrative
Language: en
Pages: 300
Pages: 300
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
This book offers a reappraisal of star studies in light of the arrival of the internet and the explosion in materials such as glossy magazines and merchandise m