WITH 8 PAGES OF BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS
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[...]
With 8 Pages of Black-and-White Photographs
In this captivating history of stardom, "Boston Globe" film critic Ty Burr traces our obsession with fame from the dawn of cinema through the age of the Internet. Why do we obsess over the individuals we come to call stars? How has both the image of st[...]