{"product_id":"flickers-of-desire-movie-stars-of-the-1910s-star-decades-american-cultureamerican-cinema-9780813550152","title":"Flickers of Desire Movie Stars of the 1910s Star","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finally, in the ongoing series 'Star Decades,' arrives the volume on the delightful and original decade of the 1910s--a book that takes the reader back to yesteryear for the earliest luminaries of the celestial Hollywood heavens, even before Hollywood. Bean wraps up this fascinating study of the historical evolution of these cinematic icons with previews of coming stars. Highly recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"Finally, in the ongoing series 'Star Decades,' arrives the volume on the delightful and original decade of the 1910s--a book that takes the reader back to yesteryear for the earliest luminaries of the celestial Hollywood heavens, even before Hollywood. Bean wraps up this fascinating study of the historical evolution of these cinematic icons with previews of coming stars. Highly recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. G. M.Anderson: “Broncho Billy” among the Early “Picture Personalities”\u003cbr\u003e2. Mary Pickford: Icon of Stardom\u003cbr\u003e3. Lillian Gish: Clean, and White, and Pure as the Lily\u003cbr\u003e4. Sessue Hayakawa:The Mirror, the Racialized Body, and Photogénie\u003cbr\u003e5. Theda Bara: Orientalism, Sexual Anarchy, and the Jewish Star\u003cbr\u003e6. Geraldine Farrar:A Star from Another Medium\u003cbr\u003e7. George Beban: Character of the Picturesque\u003cbr\u003e8. Pearl White and Grace Cunard:The Serial Queen’s Volatile Present\u003cbr\u003e9. Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle: Comedy’s Starring Scapegoat\u003cbr\u003e10. Douglas Fairbanks: Icon of Americanism\u003cbr\u003e11. Charles Chaplin:The Object Life of Mass Culture\u003cbr\u003eIn the Wings\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405781639511,"sku":"9780813550152","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813550152.jpg?v=1730493594","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/flickers-of-desire-movie-stars-of-the-1910s-star-decades-american-cultureamerican-cinema-9780813550152","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}