{"product_id":"the-star-machine-paperback","title":"The Star Machine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeanine Basinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTHE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER\u003c\/i\u003e'S 100 GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME - From one of our most distinguished film scholars, comes a rich, penetrating, amusing book about the golden age of movies and how the studios worked to manufacture stars.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With revelatory insights and delightful asides, Jeanine Basinger shows us how the studio \"star machine\" worked when it worked, how it failed when it didn't, and 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; and a dazzling cast of others. She anatomizes their careers, showing how their fame happened, and what happened to them as a result. Deeply engrossing, full of energy, wit, and wisdom, \u003cb\u003eThe Star Machine\u003c\/b\u003e is destined to become an classic of the film canon.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeanine Basinger is the chair of film studies at Wesleyan University and the curator of the cinema archives there. She has written nine other books on film, including \u003cb\u003eA Woman's View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women 1930-1960\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eSilent Stars\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the William K. Everson Award for Film History; \u003cb\u003eThe World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of a Genre\u003c\/b\u003e; and \u003cb\u003eAmerican Cinema: 100 Years of Filmmaking\u003c\/b\u003e, the companion book for a ten-part PBS series. She lives with her husband in Middletown, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.22 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696512176191,"sku":"9780307388759","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/58cb3ace5f446f27dfad224b310bf5e0.webp?v=1765006866","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-star-machine-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}