The Star System

Florence Lawrence (1890-1938)

Florence Lawrence on set.

Fan Magazines

(For more, see "Fan Magazine Collection (1911-1947)," The Media History Digital Library.

August 1911 (view full PDF)

Motion Picture Story Magazine, August 1911, coverMotion Picture Story Magazine TAble of Contents

August 1912


A scene from The Barrier That Was Burned (Vitagraph, 1912), starring Edith Storey, Robert Gaillord and Harry T. Morey, and written by Rex Beach.
Source: silentsmajority.com.

November 1914 (view full PDF)

Florence Lawrence on Photoplay coverPhotoplay Magazine table of contents
Source: the Internet Archive.

January 1916

Florence Lawrence, cover of Motion Picutre Weekly
Source: AllStarPics.

July 1919


Source: Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.

1920s

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1930s

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1940s
(see the Ann Sheridan Picture Gallery for more fan magazines.)

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Source: Internet Archive (March 1948)

1950s

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1970s

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2000s

"Stars--They're Just Like Us!," US, March 17, 2003, p. 26.

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TMZ Website, February 28, 2018.

TMZ screen shot.

Stars, by Richard Dyer

Stars cover. Stars cover, second edition.

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