Screen LibraryThe origins of the film star system : persona, publicity and economics in early cinema /
"Drawing on a wide range of archival sources, Andrew Shail traces the emergence of film stardom in Europe and North America in the early 20th century. Modifying and supplementing Richard deCordova's account of the birth of the US star system, Shail describes the complex set of economic cir...
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Bloomsbury Academic,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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International library of the moving image
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"Drawing on a wide range of archival sources, Andrew Shail traces the emergence of film stardom in Europe and North America in the early 20th century. Modifying and supplementing Richard deCordova's account of the birth of the US star system, Shail describes the complex set of economic circumstances that led film studios and actors to consent to the adoption of a star system. He then explores the film industry's turn, from 1908, to making character-based series films. He details how these characters both prefigured and precipitated the star system, demonstrating that series characters and th |
| Carrier Form: | 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-392) and index. |
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9781788312073 1788312074 |
| Index Number: | PN1993 |
| CLC: | J912.1-09 |
| Call Number: | J912.1-09/S526 |
| Contents: | Europe -- North America -- What Happened Next? -- Causality -- The Series Character -- The Series Character and the Star System -- The Ontology of Film Stardom. |