Animated Personalities : : Cartoon Characters and Stardom in American Theatrical Shorts / / David McGowan.
Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop, Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny, Felix the Cat, and other beloved cartoon characters have entertained media audiences for almost a century, outliving the human stars who were once their contemporaries in studio-era Hollywood. In Animated Personalities, David McGowan asserts that ic...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- SECTION I Stages of Theatrical Stardom
- Chapter 1 Silent Animation and the Development of the Star System
- Chapter 2 Stars and Scandal in the 1930s
- Chapter 3 The Second World War
- SECTION II Conceptualizing Theatrical Animated Stardom
- Chapter 4 The Comedian Comedy
- Chapter 5 Authorship
- Chapter 6 The Studio System
- SECTION III Post-Theatrical Stardom
- Chapter 7 The Animated Television Star
- Chapter 8 The Death of the Animated Star?
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index