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The Star Machine

Jeanine Basinger

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English
Vintage U S
06 January 2009
An immensely entertaining and lively look into Hollywood's ""star machine,"" examining how, at the height of the studio system, from the 1930s to the 50s, the studios worked to manufacture movie stars. VINTAGE PAPERBACK.

ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S100 GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME.

From one of our most distinguished film scholars, comes a rich, penetrating, amusing

book about the golden age of movies and how the studios worked to manufacture stars.

With revelatory insights and delightful asides, Jeanine Basinger shows us how the

studio ""star machine"" worked when it worked, how it failed when it didn't, and how

irrelevant it could sometimes be. She gives us case studies focusing on big stars

groomed into the system- the ""awesomely beautiful"" (and disillusioned) Tyrone Power;

the seductive, disobedient Lana Turner; and a dazzling cast of others. She anatomizes

their careers, showing how their fame happened, and what happened to them as a result.

Deeply engrossing, full of energy, wit, and wisdom, The Star Machine is destined

to become an classic of the film canon.
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Imprint:   Vintage U S
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 160mm,  Spine: 33mm
Weight:   663g
ISBN:   9780307388759
ISBN 10:   0307388751
Pages:   608
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for The Star Machine

Startling. . . . An enormous new book of star lore . . . Basinger nestles with almost delicious comfort into the intimate procedures of star manufacture. The New Yorker Luxurious, often delicious. . . . Ms. Basinger tells her story with her customary verve and sass-she's the Rosalind Russell of film historians. The New York Observer Entertaining and informative. . . . [Basinger], whose enthusiasm for movies is reflected on every page, has a deft way of encapsulating the kernel of an actor's attraction. Chicago Sun-Times Engaging. . . . Smart, deeply researched but also chatty and fast-flowing. . . . Basinger's study of the studios' relentless spin control makes an instructive prism through which to view long skeins of Hollywood film history. Los Angeles Times


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