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- catalog abstract ""Cecil B. DeMille, David Selznick, Louella Parsons, Joan Crawford - these legendary men and women built an empire called Hollywood. In Movie Crazy, meet another group of powerful players who shaped the film industry - movie fans. MGM, for example, struggled to find a screen name for an actress named Lucille LeSueur. A fan - one of thousands that responded to a contest sponsored by the studio - suggested Joan Crawford. Using fan club journals, fan letters, and studio production records, Samantha Barbas reveals how the passion, enthusiasm, and sometimes possessive advocacy of fans transformed early cinema, the modern mass media, and American popular culture." "Barbas sheds new light on the development of the cult of celebrity in America, and demonstrates that while fans were avid consumers of the film industry, they did not mindlessly accept the images presented to them by the studios. Rather, by writing letters, making visits to Hollywood, and organizing fan clubs, they sought to actively influence the ways in which studios created movie stars and packaged them to the public. Far from being passive viewers, fan reacted to movies and stars with excitement, anger, confusion, joy, and even boredom - they were often complex, and never predictable."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12092276.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Cecil B. DeMille, David Selznick, Louella Parsons, Joan Crawford - these legendary men and women built an empire called Hollywood. In Movie Crazy, meet another group of powerful players who shaped the film industry - movie fans. MGM, for example, struggled to find a screen name for an actress named Lucille LeSueur. A fan - one of thousands that responded to a contest sponsored by the studio - suggested Joan Crawford. Using fan club journals, fan letters, and studio production records, Samantha Barbas reveals how the passion, enthusiasm, and sometimes possessive advocacy of fans transformed early cinema, the modern mass media, and American popular culture." "Barbas sheds new light on the development of the cult of celebrity in America, and demonstrates that while fans were avid consumers of the film industry, they did not mindlessly accept the images presented to them by the studios. Rather, by writing letters, making visits to Hollywood, and organizing fan clubs, they sought to actively influence the ways in which studios created movie stars and packaged them to the public. Far from being passive viewers, fan reacted to movies and stars with excitement, anger, confusion, joy, and even boredom - they were often complex, and never predictable."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "From Reel to Real -- The Cult of Personality -- The Chance of a Lifetime -- The Inside Scoop -- The Movie Star Fan Club -- The View from Hollywood -- The Fandom Menace.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-215) and index.".
- catalog extent "218 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0312239629".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Palgrave,".
- catalog subject "302.23/43 21".
- catalog subject "Fans (Persons)".
- catalog subject "Motion picture audiences.".
- catalog subject "PN1995.9.A8 B37 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "From Reel to Real -- The Cult of Personality -- The Chance of a Lifetime -- The Inside Scoop -- The Movie Star Fan Club -- The View from Hollywood -- The Fandom Menace.".
- catalog title "Movie crazy : fans, stars, and the cult of celebrity / Samantha Barbas.".
- catalog type "text".