Independent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System
Free postage to UK customers We hope the following titles will be of interest to you. Independent Stardom Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System Emily Carman “Carman upends conventional wisdom in this valuable and informative historical study of the business practices of freelance actresses during the 1930s.”—Publishers Weekly During 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...
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