Independent Stardom : : Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System / / Emily Carman.
During the heyday of Hollywood’s studio system, stars were carefully cultivated and promoted, but at the price of their independence. This familiar narrative of Hollywood stardom receives a long-overdue shakeup in Emily Carman’s new book. Far from passive victims of coercive seven-year contracts, a...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Texas Film and Media Studies Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Independent Stardom Is Born
- One. 1930s Hollywood The Golden Age for Talent
- Two. The [Freelance] Contract in Context
- Three. Labor and Lipstick Promoting the Independent Star Persona
- Four. Independent Stardom Goes Mainstream
- Appendix One. Key Freelance Deals of Independent Stardom Case Study Stars, 1930–1945
- Appendix Two. Motion Picture Archives and Library Materials Consulted
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index