Hollywood’s filmic depiction of the effect it has on its stars.

Paper details:

Specifically, the emotional and physical toll experienced by celebrities the industry builds up, then habitually tears down. The films I’m interested in using to argue this point are Sunset Blvd (1950), Postcards from the Edge (1990), A Star is Born (2018), and possibly The Artist (2011) or Somewhere (2010). I’m open for discussion on which films to use, but several of these are films my professor suggested based on the topic.

Here are some peer-reviewed articles to get you started:
“Baby Jane Grew Up: The Dramatic Intersection of Age with Disability.”
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“When Her Pictures Got Small: Gloria Swanson, Glamour, and Postwar Stardom”
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“Searching for Somewhere”
Tyree, J. M. “Searching for Somewhere.” Film Quarterly, vol. 64, no. 4, 2011, pp. 12–16. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/fq.2011.64.4.12.

“Double Jeopardy in Hollywood: Age and Gender in the Careers of Film Actors, 1926-1999”
Lincoln, Anne E., and Michael Patrick Allen. “Double Jeopardy in Hollywood: Age and Gender in the Careers of Film Actors, 1926-1999.” Sociological Forum, vol. 19, no. 4, 2004, pp. 611–631. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4148831.

“She Died of a Mother’s Broken Heart”: Media and Audiences’ Framing of Health Narratives of Heart-Related Celebrity Deaths.”
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Note* My professor is a self-proclaimed “Grammar Nut.” He’ll mark off for minute grammar issues anytime. Be aware! It would also be very helpful if you screened these films prior to writing, so the themes are fresh and easily arguable.