Hollywood Essay Shane Gladstone "What was the significance of stars to the Hollywood film industry? What was the basis of audience attraction to them? Illustrate your answer with reference to particular stars" Introduction Schools and churches are institutions in society where priests and teachers act as spokespersons to spread a certain set of attitudes, beliefs and values. Similarly, Hollywood is also a very powerful modern day institution, where a stars image can re-appropriate shape and …showed first 75 words of 2292 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2292 total…and film because they provide the main substance of the reason the public attend the movies; that of escapism, sex and fantasy. Consequently this also explains the 'stars' importance to the movie business sometimes known as 'dreamland' as the above mentioned factors of sex and fantasy provide the defining foundations of the entire industry. In closing minus the stars the movies would cease to exist and without the movies society would be balancing on unrest.