Mussolini's dream factory : : film stardom in fascist Italy / / Stephen Gundle.

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Place / Publishing House:New York : : Berghahn Books,, 2013.
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (332 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Fascism, cinema and stardom. Italian cinema under fascism
  • The creation of a star system
  • Stars and commercial culture
  • The public and the stars
  • Italian stars of the Fascist Era. The national star: Isa Miranda
  • The matine idol: Vittorio De Sica
  • Everybody's fiance: Assia Noris
  • The star as hero: Amedeo Nazzari
  • The uniformed role model: Fosco Giachetti
  • The photogenic beauty: Alida Valli
  • The Duce's whim: Miria Di San Servolo
  • The aftermath of stardom. Civil war, liberation and reconstruction
  • Survival, memory and forgetting.