Virginia, these issues existed in ancient times tooâas long ago as 1934! As is typical in this book, the subject is handled with intelligent and responsible reference to evidence, its significance to Hollywood gender construction, and some diverse critical commentary. I do wish that, along with Mizejewskiâs collection of constructivist ideas about stardom, she had included the alternative view that screen chemistry is an aspect of Hollywood film that cannot be fabricated, only discovered and usually by accidentâeven if it may seem fully constructed because of what is built around the organic energy that distinguishes the visual impact of the star. The authorâs theme that nothing is âas simple as that,â could profit from this dissenting opinion where the book notes that Gable and Colbert, who become stars because of It Happened One Night, were cast as âdisappointingâ alternatives to the first choices of Capra and Columbia. Their accidental success and the belatedness of studio exploitation of their new popularity raises significant questions about how much control the industry actually has over who emerges as a star. However, this omission is more than compensated for by the general openness of mind encouraged by the monograph, which prepares students
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Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir
Oeler, Karla
Follow Film Quarterly
, Volume 65 (2)
University of California Press – Dec 1, 2011
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