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32 reviewsWith revelatory insights & delightful asides, Jeanine Basinger shows us how the studio “star machine” worked when it worked, how it failed when it didn't, & how irrelevant it could sometimes be. She gives us case studies focusing on big stars groomed into the system: the “awesomely beautiful” (and disillusioned) Tyrone Power; the seductive, disobedient Lana Turner; & a dazzling cast of others. She anatomizes their careers, showing how their fame happened, & what happened to them as a result. Deeply engrossing, full of energy, wit, & wisdom, The Star Machine is destined to become an classic of the film canon.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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During Hollywood’s Golden Age, studios more or less owned the actors and actresses they had under contract, changing their names & appearances, shaping their on & off screen images, building them up or throwing them aside. Basinger gets into the mechanics of how that star system worked, using in-depth case studies like Lana Turner, Tyrone Power and Deanna Durbin. — The Hollywood Reporter, #83 of The 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time
