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Mussolini's dream factory : film stardom in fascist Italy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gundle, Stephen, 1956-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > Italy > History > 20th century.
Motion picture actors and actresses > Italy.
Fascism and motion pictures > Italy > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Fascism, cinema and stardom. Italian cinema under fascism
  • The creation of a star system
  • Stars and commercial culture
  • The public and the stars
  • Italian stars of the Fascist Era. The national star: Isa Miranda
  • The matine idol: Vittorio De Sica
  • Everybody's fiance: Assia Noris
  • The star as hero: Amedeo Nazzari
  • The uniformed role model: Fosco Giachetti
  • The photogenic beauty: Alida Valli
  • The Duce's whim: Miria Di San Servolo
  • The aftermath of stardom. Civil war, liberation and reconstruction
  • Survival, memory and forgetting.