TY - BOOK AU - Gundle,Stephen TI - Mussolini's dream factory: film stardom in fascist Italy AV - PN1993.5.I88 G88 2013 U1 - 791.430945 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Berghahn Books KW - Motion pictures KW - Italy KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Motion picture actors and actresses KW - Fascism and motion pictures KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1578643 ER -