Picture Personalities: The Emergence of the Star System in America
Book Details
Author(s)
Richard Decordova
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
ISBN / ASIN
025207016X
ISBN-13
9780252070167
Availability
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Sales Rank
#2,307,934
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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.
