Images of Movie Stars: Photographs by the Daily Mail

224 pp. "In the early days actors were anonymous and uncredited, working for a pittance. Mary Pickford -- "America's Sweetheart" -- began her career on $10 a day. But the studios soon discovered that actors could sell movies. They began poaching their rivals' talent, then hyped up their expensive acquisitions. Pickford, a bigger draw even than Chaplin, eventually made $350,000 per picture. The star system was born."