Flickers of Desire : Movie Stars of the 1910s /

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The conjunction of the terms "movie" and "star" was inconceivable prior to the 1910s. Flickers of Desire explores the emergence of this mass cultural phenomenon, asking how and why a cinema that did not even run screen credits developed so quickly into a venue in which performers...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bean, Jennifer M., 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Film.
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Filmstar
Motion picture actors and actresses.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Acting & Auditioning.
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
USA
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The conjunction of the terms "movie" and "star" was inconceivable prior to the 1910s. Flickers of Desire explores the emergence of this mass cultural phenomenon, asking how and why a cinema that did not even run screen credits developed so quickly into a venue in which performers became the American film industry's most lucrative mode of product individuation. Contributors chart the rise of American cinema's first galaxy of stars through a variety of archival sources--newspaper columns, popular journals, fan magazines, cartoons, dolls, postcards, scrapbooks, persona.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813550152

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