Lasting Screen Stars [electronic resource] : Images that Fade and Personas that Endure /
Bolton, Lucy.editor.
Wright, Julie Lobalzo.editor.
Lasting Stars examines the issue of stardom and longevity and investigates the many reasons for the persistence or disappearance of different star personas. Through a selection of chapters that look at issues such as inappropriate ageing, national identity and physical characteristics, this book will be the first volume to consider in depth and breadth the factors that affect the longevity of film stardom. The range of stars includes popular stars who are approached from fresh angles (Brando, Loren), less popular stars whose lower-profiles than their peers may be surprising (Taylor, Shearer) and stars whose national identity is integral to their perception as they age (Riva, Bachchan, Pavor). There are stars from the beginning of Hollywood (Valentino, Reid) to the present day (Jolie), and those who made uneasy transitions between countries (Mason), ages (Ringwald) and industrial eras (Keaton). The book examines the range of factors that affect how star images endure, including appropriate and inappropriate ageing (Griffith), race (Ice Cube) and digital technologies (Lee). .
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Lasting Stars examines the issue of stardom and longevity and investigates the many reasons for the persistence or disappearance of different star personas. Through a selection of chapters that look at issues such as inappropriate ageing, national identity and physical characteristics, this book will be the first volume to consider in depth and breadth the factors that affect the longevity of film stardom. The range of stars includes popular stars who are approached from fresh angles (Brando, Loren), less popular stars whose lower-profiles than their peers may be surprising (Taylor, Shearer) and stars whose national identity is integral to their perception as they age (Riva, Bachchan, Pavor). There are stars from the beginning of Hollywood (Valentino, Reid) to the present day (Jolie), and those who made uneasy transitions between countries (Mason), ages (Ringwald) and industrial eras (Keaton). The book examines the range of factors that affect how star images endure, including appropriate and inappropriate ageing (Griffith), race (Ice Cube) and digital technologies (Lee). .
From Angry Young Man to Icon of Neo-liberal India: Extra-cinematic Strategies that Make Amitabh Bachchan Indias Lasting Super-Star / Sharma, Aparna -- Sophia Loren and the Healing Power of Female Italian Ethnicity in / Palmieri, Antonella -- Cutting a Dash in Interwar Hungary: Pál Jávors Enduring Stardom / Gergely, Gábor -- From Boy N the Hood to Hollywood Mogul: Ice Cubes Lasting Stardom in Contemporary Hollywood / Wright, Julie Lobalzo -- What Price Widowhood?: The Faded Stardom of Norma Shearer / Lanckman, Lies -- Robert Taylor: The Lost Star with the Long Career / Kelly, Gillian -- Melanie Griffith: Wild Girl and Working Woman / Bolton, Lucy --The Ageing Stars of European Art-House Cinema: Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva in Amour -- Handyside, Fiona / The Great Stoneface Ruined: From The Buster Keaton Story to Film / Flaig, Paul -- Ageing Masculinity in the Films of James Mason / Garvey, Adrian -- The Afterlives of Rudolph Valentino and Wallace Reid in the 1920s and 1930s / Bode, Lisa -- Beyond the Bounds of Criticism: Preserving Spencer Tracy as a Liberal Hero / Graves, Hannah -- Everybodys All-American: The Posthumous Rebranding of Marlon Brando / Patti, Lisa -- Mrs John Bull: The Later Life Stardom of Margaret Rutherford / Mortimer, Claire -- This Never Happened to the Other Fellow: The Fluctuating Stardom of James Bond and George Lazenby / Verheul, Jaap -- Dont You Forget about Me: Molly Ringwald, Nostalgia and Teen Girl Stardom / Smith, Frances -- Redundancy and Ageing: Sylvester Stallones Enduring Action Star Image / Donnar, Glen -- Still Famous: Fixing the Star Image of Diana Dors in the Photography of Cornel Lucas / Marchant, Linda -- From Action Babe to Mature Actress: The Place of Humanitarianism in Angelina Jolies Lasting Screen Career / Gulam, Joshua -- Rearticulating Bruce Lee and His Hip Hop Fury in Fan-Made Videos / Lau, Dorothy Wai-sim.
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