Hollywood star system

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The Hollywood star system was a studio-driven method of creating, promoting, and tightly controlling movie actors’ public images to turn them into marketable celebrities during the classical era of American cinema.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf celebrity manufacturing system ⓘ
film industry practice ⓘ
marketing strategy ⓘ
publicity system ⓘ
aim to build audience loyalty to stars ⓘ
to create marketable film celebrities ⓘ
to differentiate studios through exclusive stars ⓘ
to increase box office revenues ⓘ
basedOn studio control over production distribution and exhibition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
declinedDueTo legal challenges to studio control ⓘ
rise of independent production ⓘ
weakening of long-term studio contracts ⓘ
declinePeriod 1950s ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ
developedBy Hollywood film studios ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood studios

major film studios ⓘ
studio moguls ⓘ
hasKeyFeature carefully managed publicity campaigns ⓘ
control over actors private lives ⓘ
image makeovers for actors ⓘ
long-term studio contracts for actors ⓘ
manufacturing of star personas ⓘ
name changes for actors ⓘ
orchestration of studio-arranged romances and marriages ⓘ
suppression of scandals ⓘ
tight control over actors public images ⓘ
typecasting of actors into specific screen personas ⓘ
use of fan magazines for promotion ⓘ
industry Hollywood film industry ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood
influenced contemporary film marketing ⓘ
modern celebrity culture ⓘ
public relations practices in entertainment ⓘ
involves gossip columnists ⓘ
press agents ⓘ
publicists ⓘ
studio photographers ⓘ
talent scouts ⓘ
mainPeriodOfUse 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
practicedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
Paramount Pictures ⓘ
RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
Warner Bros. ⓘ
relatedConcept celebrity culture ⓘ
star studies in film theory ⓘ
studio system ⓘ
usedIn classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ

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Esther Blodgett → associatedWithTheme → Hollywood star system ⓘ
The Ragman’s Son → portrays → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Kim Novak → associatedWith → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Shane (1953 film score) → productionContext → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Larry Pennell → hasWorkContext → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Heinrich Blanke → notableCollaboration → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Bruce Lester → participatedIn → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
The Whistler (1944 film) → productionStudioSystem → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Herbert Rudley → movement → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Mrs. Miniver (1942 film score) → composedFor → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Madame Curie (1943 film score) → associatedWith → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Natalie Kalmus → associatedWith → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Paramount Pictures costume department → associatedWithStudioSystem → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
The Last Producer → about → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Julia Jean Turner → memberOf → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
The Proud Ones (film score) → associatedWith → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Stanley Shriner Hoff → setting → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Portraits of Marilyn Monroe → influencedBy → Hollywood star system ⓘ
The Unimportance of Being Oscar → depicts → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Harold Greene → partOf → classic Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Robert Boyle → areaOfInfluence → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Moviola → subjectMatter → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Roth/Kirschenbaum Films → operatesInSector → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Pandro S. Berman → notableWorkContext → American studio system ⓘ
subject linked to: Pandro
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Pandro S. Berman Productions → partOf → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
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The Big Knife (Broadway revival) → hasCulturalContext → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
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Arthur Hoyt → partOf → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Georgia Lorrison → associatedWithTheme → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Hollywoo → targetAudienceOfSatire → Hollywood system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood star system
Born in a Trunk → associatedWith → Hollywood studio system ⓘ
subject linked to: "Born in a Trunk"
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