Searching for Stars: Stardom and Screen Acting in British Cinema (Rethinking British Cinema)

Geoffrey Macnab

ISBN 10: 0304333522 / ISBN 13: 9780304333523

Edité par Bloomsbury Academic, 2000

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• Titre: Searching for Stars: Stardom and Screen Acting in British Cinema (Rethinking British Cinema)
• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0304333522
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780304333523
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Explores the reasons behind British cinema's failure to create its own stars. The text looks at the way theatre and music hall spawned their stars, and asks why so many of them found the transition to film so awkward. It compares the British star system with that of Hollywood. What sort of contracts were British stars offered? How much were they paid? Who dealt with their publicity? How did Britsh fans regard them? There are essays on key figures (Novello, Fields, Formby, Dors, Bogarde, Mason, Matthews), and assessment of how British stars fared in Hollywood, an analysis of the effects of class and regional prejudice on attempts at British star-making, and a survey of the British comedy tradition, and some of the questions about how genre affected the star system.

À propos de l?auteur

Geoffrey Macnab is a film journalist and critic for The Independent, The Guardian and Screen International. He is based in London, UK.