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Movies and the Star System

Movies were viewed as a novelty at the time. Unlike today's films, early cinema rarely had narrative plots. Many studios relied on factory-style methods to create more movies and would often cast the same group of actors over and over for the sake of practicality. Once you name one star, you got to name them all.

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