Searching for stars : stardom and screen acting in British cinema /

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Explores the reasons behind British cinema's failure to create its own stars. The text looks at the way theatre and music hall spawned their stars, and asks why so many of them found the transition to film so awkward. It compares the British star system with that of Hollywood. What sort of cont...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Macnab, Geoffrey, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Cassell, 2000.
Colección:Rethinking British cinema.
Temas:
Motion pictures > Great Britain > History.
Cinéma > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
ART > Film & Video.
Motion pictures.
Filmstar
Cinéma > Grande-Bretagne.
Cinéma britannique.
Acteurs de cinéma > Grand-Bretagne.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Gro€britannien.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; 1. Of Knights and Clowns; 2. The Not-So-Roaring 20s: Ivor Novello and Betty Balfour; 3. The King, the Queen and the Dancing Divinity; 4. Carnival and Consensus; 5. Stock Types; 6. Exotic Outsiders; 7. Lockwood, Calvert and Some Other Contract Artists; 8. Starmakers; 9. The End of the Studio System; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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