LEADER 04041nam 2200649 450 001 9910821123903321 005 20220323131201.0 010 $a1-4773-0732-X 024 7 $a10.7560/307328 035 $a(CKB)3710000000491753 035 $a(EBL)4397272 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001570495 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16220478 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001570495 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13854646 035 $a(PQKB)10670593 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4397272 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11255353 035 $a(OCoLC)958384768 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4397272 035 $a(DE-B1597)587382 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781477307328 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000491753 100 $a20160914h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIndependent stardom $efreelance women in the Hollywood studio system /$fEmily Carman 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin, [Texas] :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2016. 210 4$d©2016 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 225 1 $aTexas Film and Media Studies Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4773-0731-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: Independent Stardom Is Born -- $tOne. 1930s Hollywood The Golden Age for Talent -- $tTwo. The [Freelance] Contract in Context -- $tThree. Labor and Lipstick Promoting the Independent Star Persona -- $tFour. Independent Stardom Goes Mainstream -- $tAppendix One. Key Freelance Deals of Independent Stardom Case Study Stars, 1930?1945 -- $tAppendix Two. Motion Picture Archives and Library Materials Consulted -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aDuring the heyday of Hollywood?s studio system, stars were carefully cultivated and promoted, but at the price of their independence. This familiar narrative of Hollywood stardom receives a long-overdue shakeup in Emily Carman?s new book. Far from passive victims of coercive seven-year contracts, a number of classic Hollywood?s best-known actresses worked on a freelance basis within the restrictive studio system. In leveraging their stardom to play an active role in shaping their careers, female stars including Irene Dunne, Janet Gaynor, Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard, and Barbara Stanwyck challenged Hollywood?s patriarchal structure. Through extensive, original archival research, Independent Stardom uncovers this hidden history of women?s labor and celebrity in studio-era Hollywood. Carman weaves a compelling narrative that reveals the risks these women took in deciding to work autonomously. Additionally, she looks at actresses of color, such as Anna May Wong and Lupe Vélez, whose careers suffered from the enforced independence that resulted from being denied long-term studio contracts. Tracing the freelance phenomenon among American motion picture talent in the 1930s, Independent Stardom rethinks standard histories of Hollywood to recognize female stars as creative artists, sophisticated businesswomen, and active players in the then (as now) male-dominated film industry. 410 0$aTexas film and media studies series. 606 $aMotion picture industry$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory 606 $aWomen in the motion picture industry$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory 606 $aMotion picture actors and actresses$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory 607 $aHollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)$xHistory 615 0$aMotion picture industry$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen in the motion picture industry$xHistory. 615 0$aMotion picture actors and actresses$xHistory. 676 $a791.43082 700 $aCarman$b Emily$01660696 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821123903321 996 $aIndependent stardom$94016085 997 $aUNINA