LEADER 02571nam 2200529 a 450 001 9910461337503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-20746-X 010 $a9786613207463 010 $a1-4411-8425-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106929 035 $a(EBL)742940 035 $a(OCoLC)741690185 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742940 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742940 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10490025 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL320746 035 $a(OCoLC)893335779 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106929 100 $a19990428d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aSearching for stars$b[electronic resource] $estardom and screen acting in British cinema /$fGeoffrey Macnab 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cCassell$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 225 1 $aRethinking British cinema 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-304-33351-4 311 $a0-304-33352-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; Preface; 1. Of Knights and Clowns; 2. The Not-So-Roaring 20s: Ivor Novello and Betty Balfour; 3. The King, the Queen and the Dancing Divinity; 4. Carnival and Consensus; 5. Stock Types; 6. Exotic Outsiders; 7. Lockwood, Calvert and Some Other Contract Artists; 8. Starmakers; 9. The End of the Studio System 330 $aExplores the reasons behind British cinema's failure to create its own stars. The text looks at the way theatre and music hall spawned their stars, and asks why so many of them found the transition to film so awkward. It compares the British star system with that of Hollywood. What sort of contracts were British stars offered? How much were they paid? Who dealt with their publicity? How did Britsh fans regard them? There are essays on key figures (Novello, Fields, Formby, Dors, Bogarde, Mason, Matthews), and assessment of how British stars fared in Hollywood, an analysis of the effects of clas 410 0$aRethinking British cinema. 606 $aMotion pictures$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aMotion picture actors and actresses$zGreat Britain$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory. 615 0$aMotion picture actors and actresses$xHistory. 676 $a791.43/0941 700 $aMacnab$b Geoffrey$f1965-$0905249 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461337503321 996 $aSearching for stars$92453968 997 $aUNINA