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03158cam a2200421 a 4500 001 5B45871C2B1011DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20230510010042 008 070205s2007 nyua b 001 0deng 010 $a 2007005268 020 $a 1400041309 020 $a 9781400041305 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d WIQ $d C#P $d BWX $d YDXCP $d IXA $d BUR $d ZJI $d VP@ $d MOF $d IOV $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1993.5.U65 $b B327 2007 082 00 $a 384/.80979494 $2 22 100 1 $a Basinger, Jeanine. 245 1 $a The star machine / $c Jeanine Basinger. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b A.A. Knopf, $c 2007. 300 $a xiv, 586 p. : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-557) and index. 505 0 $a Pt. I: Stars and the factory system. The factory ; The star machine process ; Product and type ; Malfunctions -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. III: Testing the system. Bonuses : oddities and character actors ; Retooling for WWII ; Stardom without the machine. 520 $a Film studies authority Basinger gives us an entertaining look into the "star machine," examining how, at the height of the studio system, from the 1930s to the 1950s, the studios manufactured star actors and actresses. She shows us how the machine worked when it worked, how it failed when it didn't, and how irrelevant it could sometimes be. She gives us the "human factor," 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--Loretta Young, Errol Flynn, Irene Dunne, Deanna Durbin. She anatomizes their careers, showing how their fame happened, and what happened to them as a result. (Both Turner and Flynn, for instance, were involved in notorious court cases.) In conclusion, she explains what has become of the star machine and why the studios' practice is no longer relevant.--From publisher description. 650 0 $a Motion picture industry $z Los Angeles $z Los Angeles $x History. 650 0 $a Motion picture actors and actresses $z United States $v Biography. 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007005268.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007005268-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007005268-d.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007005268-s.html 941 $a 5 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718084202.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220105015615.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20200829010609.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171223032504.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5B45871C2B1011DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search