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Hollywood's Others: Love and Limitation in the Star System

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Longlisted, 2026 Kraszna-Krausz Book Award for Best Moving Image Book, Kraszna-Krausz Foundation

We tend to think about movie stars as either glamorous or relatable. But in the 1920s and 1930s, when the Hollywood star system was taking shape, a number of unusual stars appeared on the silver screen, representing groups from which the American mainstream typically sought to avert its eyes. What did it mean for a white entertainment columnist to empathize with an ambiguously gendered Black chil...