(Both Lana Turner and Errol Flynn, for instance, were involved in notorious court cases.) In her trenchantly observed conclusion, she explains what has become of the star machine and why the studios’ practice of “making” stars is no longer relevant. She anatomizes their careers, showing how their fame happened, and what happened to them as a result. She gives us the “human factor,” case studies focusing on big stars groomed into the system: the “awesomely beautiful” (and disillusioned) Tyrone Power the seductive, disobedient Lana Turner and a dazzling cast of others-Loretta Young, Errol Flynn, Irene Dunne, Deanna Durbin.
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