> In an intro film class, I was asked about the origin of the term "star."
> I puffed up & pontificated, with a little studio history & a little
> Dyer (whose book I can't find here), but my student's question was
> more obvious and more difficult.  Why was "star," the astronomical
> term, selected to label charismatic and marketable actors?
 
I think it had to do with one early studio's advertising, which put
pictures of the actors in the middle of a star.
 
Randy
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