Bibliograph

The star machine, Jeanine Basinger

Type

Label

The star machine, Jeanine Basinger

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-557) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The star machine

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

312712467

Responsibility statement

Jeanine Basinger

Summary

This is an entertaining and lively look into the height of the studio system, from the 1930s to the 1950s and how the studios worked to manufacture movie stars

Table Of Contents

pt. I: Stars and the factory system. The factory ; The star machine process ; Product and type ; Malfunctions -- part 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 -- part III: Testing the system. Bonuses : oddities and character actors ; Retooling for WWII ; Stardom without the machine

Target audience

adult

Classification