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Gender in Cinema
Gender roles in the cinema and the role-models onscreen
Influence of film stars on fashion and lifestyle
From 1930 through to 1960’s the main influence in films came from America and showed many glamorous beautiful film stars gracing the screen, not only through the films but also through the news reels
Female roles
The role of women portrayed on the screen often fell within the stereotypical roles amplified and made up by Hollywood
Representation of women
Like cinema itself, the way women have been represented on the big screen has changed through the decades
Gender roles portrayed in cinema
Gender roles portrayed in the cinema where sometimes untrue to life but helped to reinforce stereotypes
Escapism at the cinema and the glamourous film stars
The lives and views of the stars were big news and the film stars would become as much as a draw to the cinema as the films themselves
Collecting and copying the film stars
Film cards, magazines and photographs of the stars became valuable prized possessions which were collected and exchanged by the cinema goers and would be a talking point in society.
Female stars of the screen through the decades
Some of the females stars through the decades who drew in the crowds at the cinema
Employment in the Picture Houses
The cinema became a place of respectable employment and offered roles to both men and women
Women and the Cinema
The cinema for women from the 1930′s onwards has provided an escape from real life and a place in which they could find out about new fashions and trends
