HELP WANTED! PUH-LEEZE! I'm an actress with great refs, awards galore, star quality. Can play comedy or drama, aristocrat or working girl, sweet or sexy, any or all of the above. Critics love me, and moviegoers too. But my career's in neutral. Chewy female roles are hard to come by if your name isn't Meryl Streep. Still, I have lots to offer. What can Hollywood offer me?
Starlight is capricious. Its beam falls on the worthy and the fortunate, then moves restlessly on. In the era of the omnipotent film studios, performers were cushioned by long-term contracts and paternalistic moguls. A...
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