Film Stardom and the Ancient Past

1. Introduction: An Archaeology of Stardom
Michael Williams

Part I. Oracles and Olympians

2. Idols and Idolatry: Greta Garbo and Ramón Novarro in Mata Hari (1931)
Michael Williams

3. ‘The American Adonis’: Search for Beauty (1934) and the Hollywood Olympian Body
Michael Williams

Part II. Rebuilding the Hollywood Pantheon

4. Marketing the Post-War Goddess: Rita Hayworth and Down to Earth (1947)
Michael Williams

5. Idols, Fragments and Afterlives: From Gloria Swanson to Beyoncé
Michael Williams

Part III. Heroes Will Rise: Patinated Pasts and Digital Futures

6. Nostalgic Impulses, Falling Idols and the Adoration of Achilles in Troy (2004)
Michael Williams

7. Patinating the Past: Artefacts, Auratic Performance and Alexander (2004)
Michael Williams

8. Titans and Immortals: Classicism in the Digital Age
Michael Williams

9. The Contemporary Mythic Firmament
Michael Williams

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Film Theory, Cultural History, Film History, Arts, Gender Studies, Screen Performance