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It's the Pictures That Got Small

Hollywood Film Stars on 1950s Television

de Christine Becker

Type
Studies
Sujet
History of Cinema
Mots Clés
television, 1950s, history of cinema, United States
Année d'édition
2009
Editeur
Wesleyan University Press
Collection
Wesleyan Film
Langue
anglais
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Format
Paperback • 304 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)
ISBN
978-0-8195-6894-6
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Description de l'ouvrage:
An original study of Hollywood film stars and 1950s television

Winner of the International Association for Media & History's Nelson Prize (2011)

The interplay between television and film in the 1950s transformed television production and programming, affected the careers of countless film actors, and challenged the traditional mechanisms of the Hollywood star system. In this groundbreaking study, Christine Becker asks why certain film stars, like Ronald Reagan and Ida Lupino, crossed over to television in this period while others did not, why some succeeded in the new medium and others failed, and how the presence of film stars shaped the nature of certain television genres. Using extensive primary source material and new archival research, It's the Pictures That Got Small argues that the early film-to-television crossover turned traditional myths of star-making inside out, fundamentally altering the standard workings of the Hollywood star system. By looking at a broad range of popular stars of the fifties, Becker paints a revealing portrait of the relationship between film and television in the waning days of the classical studio system and the budding years of commercial TV. The book includes an appendix of established film stars and the TV shows they appeared on.

À propos de l'auteur :
CHRISTINE BECKER is an assistant professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame.

Revue de Presse:
“Becker reveals in fantastic detail the nuances of the relationship between fifties film stardom and TV. Many of these stars have never been deeply studied, and she does a brilliant job of giving them their due.”—Susan Murray, author of Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars

“A fascinating history that shows how television redefined the marketing and images of Hollywood stars and helped inaugurate a profound cultural shift in our entire concept of celebrityhood.”—Lynn Spigel, author of Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar America

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