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B007OLXT92
Pantheon
September 2012
On Sale: September 18, 2012
448 pages
ISBN: 0307377660
EAN: 9780307377661
Kindle: B007OLXT92
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
How—and why—do we obsess over movie stars? How does fame
both reflect and mask the person behind it? How have the
image of stardom and our stars’ images altered over a
century of cultural and technological change? Do we create
celebrities, or do they create us?
Ty Burr, film critic for The Boston Globe, answers these
questions in this lively and fascinating anecdotal history
of stardom, with all its blessings and curses for star and
stargazer alike. From Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin to
Archie Leach (a.k.a. Cary Grant) and Marion Morrison (a.k.a.
John Wayne), Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts, and such no-cal
stars of today as the Kardashians and the new online
celebrity (i.e., you and me), Burr takes us on an insightful
and entertaining journey through the modern fame game at its
flashiest, most indulgent, occasionally most tragic, and
ultimately, its most revealing.
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