film historian JEANINE BASINGER author event

JEANINE BASINGER
talk & booksigning for "The Star Machine"
Friday, October 26 at 7 pm
at The Booksmith (1644 Haight Street in San Francisco)

>From one of our leading film authorities comes "The Star Machine," a
penetrating look at the golden age of film. In this new book, Jeanine
Basinger offers us an immensely entertaining look into the "star
machine," examining how, at the height of the studio system, the
studios worked to manufacture star actors and actresses. With
revelatory insights and delightful asides, she shows us how the
machine worked when it worked, how it failed when it didn't, and how
irrelevant it could sometimes be.

Jeanine Basinger is the chair of film studies at Wesleyan University
and the founder and curator of its cinema archives. She has written
nine other books on film, including "A Woman's View: How Hollywood
Spoke to Women 1930-1960"; "Silent Stars," winner of the William K.
Everson Award for Film History; and "American Cinema: 100 Years of
Filmmaking," the companion book for a ten-part PBS series.

This Booksmith sponsored event will take place at The Booksmith (1644
Haight Street in San Francisco). For further information, call
415-863-8688 or visit www.booksmith.com If you can't attend this
event and would like to order a signed copy of the author's new book,
please email or phone our store.