Picture Personalities: The Emergence of the Star System in America
- ISBN-10
- 025207016X
- ISBN-13
- 9780252070167
- Category
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Author
- Richard DeCordova
Description
Moving pictures existed for over a decade before anything resembling a star system appeared. Then American cinema went from being devoid of stars to being dependent on them. This is an account of this development in cinema and modern culture.
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