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Hollywood Ambitions: Celebrity in the Movie Age
Marsha Orgeron
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Description for Hollywood Ambitions: Celebrity in the Movie Age
paperback. The Hollywood experiences of five remarkable American personalities reveal how the motion picture industry created a new kind of fame Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Working with a varied and untraditional cast of characters-Wyatt Earp, Jack London, Clara Bow, Gertrude Stein, and Ida Lupino-author Marsha Orgeron examines the Hollywood ambitions of a fading western legend, a successful popular author, a poor Brooklyn girl turned flapper icon, a self-proclaimed avant-garde genius, and a frustrated actress on her way to becoming a director. Investigating their separate involvements with the expanding film industry, Orgeron illustrates the implications of film celebrity during the era in which cinema's impact was first felt. The aspirations of these individuals demonstrate the unifying role that the American motion picture capital played in shaping ... Read more
Working with a varied and untraditional cast of characters-Wyatt Earp, Jack London, Clara Bow, Gertrude Stein, and Ida Lupino-author Marsha Orgeron examines the Hollywood ambitions of a fading western legend, a successful popular author, a poor Brooklyn girl turned flapper icon, a self-proclaimed avant-garde genius, and a frustrated actress on her way to becoming a director. Investigating their separate involvements with the expanding film industry, Orgeron illustrates the implications of film celebrity during the era in which cinema's impact was first felt. The aspirations of these individuals demonstrate the unifying role that the American motion picture capital played in shaping ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780819568656
SKU
9780819568656
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About Marsha Orgeron
MARSHA ORGERON is an assistant professor and director of film studies at North Carolina State University, where she teaches courses in studio-era Hollywood, film history, and genre.
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