RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Hudac, Nicholas David
T1 The Anti-Star. Věra Hrubá Ralston and Fault Lines of Classic Models of Stardom
JF Iluminace
YR 2025
VO 37
IS 2
SP 133
OP 152
DO 10.58193/ilu.1810
UL https://iluminace.cz/artkey/ilu-202502-0001.php
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.