"A collection of fascinating, stellar essays on the emerging culture of celebrity during the 1920s. Highly recommended."
(Choice) "Incisive, elegantly crafted essays chronicling the major figures in the first years of the star system. Idols of Modernity is a rigorous, insightful, and refreshing look at the stars of the 1920s, the world in which they lived, the directors, producers and studios who shaped their public image, and the audiences who flocked to see their films."
(Screening the Past) "A collection of fascinating, stellar essays on the emerging culture of celebrity during the 1920s. Highly recommended."
(Choice) "Incisive, elegantly crafted essays chronicling the major figures in the first years of the star system. Idols of Modernity is a rigorous, insightful, and refreshing look at the stars of the 1920s, the world in which they lived, the directors, producers and studios who shaped their public image, and the audiences who flocked to see their films."
(Screening the Past)
