Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/hjrS06P The Star System Hollywood's Production of Popular Identities By: Paul McDonald Publisher: Wallflower Press Print ISBN: 9781903364024, 1903364027 eText ISBN: 9780231503242, 0231503245 Format: EPUB Available from $ 19.99 USD SKU 9780231503242 Looks at the development and changing organization of the star system in the American film industry. Tracing the popularity of star performers from the early cinema of attractions to the Internet universe, Paul McDonald explores the ways in which Hollywood has made and sold its stars. Through focusing on particular historical periods, case studies of Mary Pickford, Bette Davis, James Cagney, Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, and Will Smith illustrate the key conditions influencing the star system in silent cinema, the studio era and the New Hollywood.
