Would have. Annenberg media and with additional funding from these foundations and individuals and by and the annual Financial Support of hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to american cinema. Some people say the star is the greatest invention of american cinema. American films have to have big names in bright lights. In the old days of the studio system there was a structure for developing stars. They were owned, body and soul signed to longterm contracts. A powerful publicity machine run by the studio, they could reach an audience of millions. But that alone did not guarantee success. The problem for the studio was to find the one personna out of many possible characters to boost an actor to stardom. Humphrey bogart, for instance, played as a cheap hood before he was recast and ultimately immortalized as rick in casablanca. Stars today are still a unique match of individual flair and audience aspiration. With the studio collapse stars catapulted to power and became the most bankable com
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