PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hudac, Nicholas David
TI  - The Anti-Star. Věra Hrubá Ralston and Fault Lines of Classic Models of Stardom
DP  - 2025 Nov 10
TA  - Iluminace
PG  - 133--152
VI  - 37
IP  - 2
AID - 10.58193/ilu.1810
IS  - 0862397X
AB  - This article focuses on the Czech actress, Věra Hrubá Ralston, who was a champion athlete, a national celebrity in the United States and Czechoslovakia, stared in over 25 films in nearly two decades in Hollywood alongside some of the most well-known actors of her generation, married the head of her movie studio, and still failed to become a Hollywood star. By examining the career of Hrubá Ralston, we gain new insights as to the limits of star-making power in the postwar studio system as well as the tensions between assimilation and stardom.