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Film stardom, myth and classicismthe rise of Hollywood's gods /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Film stardom, myth and classicismMichael Williams.
Reminder of title:	the rise of Hollywood's gods /
Author:	Williams, Michael,
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2013.
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Motion picture actors and actresses.
Subject:	United States
Online resource:	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137291493
ISBN:	9781137291493 (electronic bk.)

Film stardom, myth and classicismthe rise of Hollywood's gods /
Williams, Michael,1971-

Film stardom, myth and classicismthe rise of Hollywood's gods /[electronic resource] :Michael Williams. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2013. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Olympus Moves to Hollywood -- PART I: CHARTING THE FIRMAMENT -- Shadows of Desire: War, Youth and the Classical Vernacular -- Swanson Venus and Apollo Arlen: Sculpting the Star Body -- PART II: FLIGHTS TO ANTIQUITY -- The Flight to Antiquity -- Ben-Hur (Fred Niblo, 1925) and the Idolisation of Ramon Novarro -- PART III: UNDYING PASTS -- 'The Undying Past': Flesh and the Devil (Clarence Brown, 1926). -- 'A Monument to Youth and Romance': The Death of Rudolph Valentino -- Conclusion: The End of the Golden Age?.

Since the golden era of silent movies stars have been described as screen gods, goddesses and idols. But why did Hollywood, that most modernity industry, first look back to antiquity as it built its stars? This book presents a unique insight into the origins of screen stardom in the 1910s and 20s to explore how the myth and iconography of ancient Greece and Rome was deployed to create modern Apollo and Venuses of the screen. Drawing from extensive research into studio production files, fan-magazines and the popular reception of stars in America and Britain, this study explores how the sculptural gods of the past enabled the flickering shadows on the screen to seem more present and alive. Classicism permitted films to encode different sexualities for their audience, and present stars who embodied traditions of the Grand Tour for a post-war context where the ruins of past civilisations had become strangely resonant. The book presents detailed discussion of leading players such as Ramon Novarro, Greta Garbo and Rudolph Valentino, and major films such as "Ben-Hur" and "Flesh and the Devil" to show how classicism enabled star discourse to transform actors into icons. This is the story of how Olympus moved to Hollywood to divinise stars as icons for a modern age and defined a model of stardom that is still with us today.

ISBN: 9781137291493 (electronic bk.)

Source: 539338Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

643113
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

236377
United States
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN1998.2 / .W495 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 791.4309794/94

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