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Film stardom, myth and classicism[electronic resource] :the rise of Hollywood's gods /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
杜威分類號:	791.4309794/94
書名/作者:	Film stardom, myth and classicism : the rise of Hollywood's gods // Michael Williams.
作者:	Williams, Michael,
出版者:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2013.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource.
標題:	Motion picture actors and actresses.
標題:	Fame - History - 20th century.
標題:	Civilization, Classical.
標題:	PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General.
標題:	PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.
標題:	ART / Film & Video
標題:	PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Reference
標題:	United States - Economic conditions - To 1865.
標題:	Great Britain - Fiction.
ISBN:	9781137291493 (electronic bk.)
ISBN:	1137291494 (electronic bk.)
書目註:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
內容註:	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?.
摘要、提要註:	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.
電子資源:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137291493

Film stardom, myth and classicism[electronic resource] :the 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:

526991
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

338488
United States
--Economic conditions--To 1865.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

336502
Electronic books.

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

Dewey Class. No.: 791.4309794/94

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