Hitch your antenna to the stars : early television and broadcast stardom

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    • Murray, Susan

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Hitch your antenna to the stars : early television and broadcast stardom

Susan Murray

Routledge, 2005

  • : softcover

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Includes index

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内容説明

First Published in 2005. In this engaging cultural and industrial history of early television, Susan Murray examines how and why the broadcasting industry gave birth to the idea of TV stars. Combining a sweeping view of the rise of the medium with profiles of Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Lucille Ball, and other early television greats, Murray illuminates the central role played by television stars in the growth and development of American broadcasting.

目次

Introduction 1. Radio and the Saliency of a Broadcast Star System 2. "A Marriage of Spectacle and Intimacy": Modeling the Ideal Television Performer 3. Lessons from Uncle Miltie: Ethnic Masculinity and the Vaudeo Star 4. "TV is a Killer!" The Collapse of the Vaudeo Star and Television's Talent Crisis 5. Our Man Godfrey: Product Pitching and the Meaning of Authenticity 6. For the Love of Lucy: Packaging the Sitcom Star Epilogue Notes Index

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