The star machine / Jeanine Basinger.

Film studies authority Basinger gives us an entertaining look into the "star machine," examining how 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 give...

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Main Author: Basinger, Jeanine
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : A.A. Knopf, 2007.
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300 |a xiv, 586 p. :  |b ill., ports. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-557) and index. 
505 0 |a Pt. I: Stars and the factory system. The factory ; The star machine process ; Product and type ; Malfunctions -- Pt. II: Problems for the system: the human factor. Disillusionment: Tyrone Power ; Disobedience: Lana Turner and Errol Flynn ; Defection: Deanna Durbin and Jean Arthur ; Disentanglement: Loretta Young, Irene Dunne, Norma Shearer ; Detachment: Charles Boyer and William Powell -- Pt. III: Testing the system. Bonuses : oddities and character actors ; Retooling for WWII ; Stardom without the machine. 
520 |a Film studies authority Basinger gives us an entertaining look into the "star machine," examining how 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. She explains what has become of the star machine and why the studios' practice is no longer relevant.--From publisher description. 
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