"A true fairy tale" Annie Vernay or the making of a star in the French cinema of the late 1930s
Journal title STORIA E PROBLEMI CONTEMPORANEI
Author/s Myriam Juan
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2021/88
Language Italian Pages 22 P. 71-92 File size 229 KB
DOI 10.3280/SPC2021-088005
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This article examines the career of Annie Vernay (1921-1941), a shooting star of French cinema who made her debut at the age of 15, became a star at 16 and died at 19 on a liner heading for California. It analyses the way her launch reveals the importation of the Hollywood star system and its methods in France in the late 1930s. It questions the model embodied by this good-girl, who was fashioned to compete with American stars in a country torn between its attachment to the past and a desire for modernity. Finally, it examines the way Annie Vernay herself experienced what the press presented in its time as "a true fairy tale".
Keywords: Annie Vernay, stardom, cinema, France, Hollywood, 1930s
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Myriam Juan, «Un véritable conte de fées». Annie Vernay ou la fabrique d’une star dans le cinéma français de la fin des années 1930 in "STORIA E PROBLEMI CONTEMPORANEI" 88/2021, pp 71-92, DOI: 10.3280/SPC2021-088005