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Author Basinger, Jeanine.

Title The star machine / Jeanine Basinger.

Publication Info. New York : A.A. Knopf, 2007.

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 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  791.4 B292    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  791.43 BAS    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  384.809 B    Check Shelf
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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  384.8 BAS    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  791.43 BASINGER    Check Shelf
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Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 586 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [555]-557) and index.
Contents I. Stars and the factory system. The factory -- The star machine process -- Product and type -- Malfunctions -- II. Problems for the system: the human factor. Disillusionment: Tyrone Power -- Disobedience: Lana Turner & Errol Flynn -- Defection: Deanna Durbin & Jean Arthur -- Disentanglement: Loretta Young, Irene Dunne, Norma Shearer -- Detachment: Charles Boyer & William Powell -- III. Testing the system. Bonuses: Oddities & character actors -- Retooling for WWII -- Stardom without the machine.
Subject Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9781400041305
1400041309
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