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American Cinema of the 1940s

Author : Wheeler W. Dixon
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813537002
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book American Cinema of the 1940s written by Wheeler W. Dixon and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1940s was a watershed decade for American cinema and the nation. Shaking off the grim legacy of the Depression, Hollywood launched an unprecedented wave of production, generating some of its most memorable classics. Featuring essays by a group of respected film scholars and historians, American Cinema of the 1940s brings this dynamic and turbulent decade to life with such films as Citizen Kane, Rebecca, The Lady Eve, Sergeant York, How Green Was My Valley, Casablanca, Mrs. Miniver, The Road to Morocco, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Kiss of Death, Force of Evil, Caught, and Apology for Murder. Illustrated with many rare stills and filled with provocative insights, the volume will appeal to students, teachers, and to all those interested in cultural history and American film of the twentieth century.

Boom and Bust

Author : Thomas Schatz
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520221307
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Boom and Bust written by Thomas Schatz and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-11-23 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the history of motion pictures

American Cinema of the 1920s

Author : Lucy Fischer
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813547156
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book American Cinema of the 1920s written by Lucy Fischer and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1920s, sound revolutionized the motion picture industry and cinema continued as one of the most significant and popular forms of mass entertainment in the world. Film studios were transformed into major corporations, hiring a host of craftsmen and technicians including cinematographers, editors, screenwriters, and set designers. The birth of the star system supported the meteoric rise and celebrity status of actors including Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, and Rudolph Valentino while black performers (relegated to "race films") appeared infrequently in mainstream movies. The classic Hollywood film style was perfected and significant film genres were established: the melodrama, western, historical epic, and romantic comedy, along with slapstick, science fiction, and fantasy. In ten original essays, American Cinema of the 1920s examines the film industry's continued growth and prosperity while focusing on important themes of the era.

American Cinema of the 1930s

Author : Ina Rae Hark
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813543037
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book American Cinema of the 1930s written by Ina Rae Hark and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2007-06-21 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Probably no decade saw as many changes in the Hollywood film industry and its product as the 1930s did. At the beginning of the decade, the industry was still struggling with the transition to talking pictures. Gangster films and naughty comedies starring Mae West were popular in urban areas, but aroused threats of censorship in the heartland. Whether the film business could survive the economic effects of the Crash was up in the air. By 1939, popularly called "Hollywood's Greatest Year," films like Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz used both color and sound to spectacular effect, and remain American icons today. The "mature oligopoly" that was the studio system had not only weathered the Depression and become part of mainstream culture through the establishment and enforcement of the Production Code, it was a well-oiled, vertically integrated industrial powerhouse. The ten original essays in American Cinema of the 1930s focus on sixty diverse films of the decade, including Dracula, The Public Enemy, Trouble in Paradise, 42nd Street, King Kong, Imitation of Life, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Swing Time, Angels with Dirty Faces, Nothing Sacred, Jezebel, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Stagecoach .

The Rhapsodes

Author : David Bordwell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022635220X
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book The Rhapsodes written by David Bordwell and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pauline Kael, Andrew Sarris, and Roger Ebert were three of America's most revered and widely read film critics, more famous than many of the movies they wrote about. But their remarkable contributions to the burgeoning American film criticism of the 1960s and beyond were deeply influenced by four earlier critics: Otis Ferguson, James Agee, Manny Farber, and Parker Tyler. Film scholar and critic David Bordwell restores to a wider audience the work of Ferguson, Agee, Farber, and Tyler, critics he calls the 'Rhapsodes' for the passionate and deliberately offbeat nature of their vernacular prose.

What Dreams Were Made Of

Author : Sean Griffin
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 081355084X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book What Dreams Were Made Of written by Sean Griffin and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humphrey Bogart. Abbott and Costello. Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. John Wayne. Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable. Images of these film icons conjure up a unique moment in cinema and history, one of optimism and concern, patriotism and cynicism. What Dreams Were Made Of examines the performers who helped define American cinema in the 1940s, a decade of rapid and repeated upheaval for Hollywood and the United States. Through insightful discussions of key films as well as studio publicity and fan magazines, the essays in this collection analyze how these actors and actresses helped lift spirits during World War II, whether in service comedies, combat films, or escapist musicals. The contributors, all major writers on the stars and movies of this period, also explore how cultural shifts after the war forced many stars to adjust to new outlooks and attitudes, particularly in film noir. Together, they represented the hopes and fears of a nation during turbulent times, enacting on the silver screen the dreams of millions of moviegoers.

Reinventing Hollywood

Author : David Bordwell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022648775X
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Reinventing Hollywood written by David Bordwell and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: the way Hollywood told it -- The frenzy of five fat years; Interlude: Spring 1940: lessons from our town

American Cinema of the 1970s

Author : Lester D. Friedman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0813540232
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book American Cinema of the 1970s written by Lester D. Friedman and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smug glance at the seventies—the so-called "Me Decade"—unveils a kaleidoscope of big hair, blaring music, and broken politics—all easy targets for satire, cynicism, and ultimately even nostalgia. The contributors to this volume look beyond the strobe lights to reveal how profoundly the seventies have influenced American life and how the films of that decade represent a peak moment in cinema history. Bringing together ten original essays, American Cinema of the 1970s examines the range of films that marked the decade, including Jaws, Rocky, Love Story, Shaft, Dirty Harry, The Godfather, Deliverance, The Exorcist, Shampoo, Taxi Driver, Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever, Kramer vs. Kramer, and Apocalypse Now.

Boom and Bust

Author : Thomas Schatz
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520221303
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Boom and Bust written by Thomas Schatz and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-11-23 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the history of motion pictures

American Cinema of the 1960s

Author : Barry Keith Grant
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813544718
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book American Cinema of the 1960s written by Barry Keith Grant and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The profound cultural and political changes of the 1960s brought the United States closer to social revolution than at any other time in the twentieth century. The country fragmented as various challenges to state power were met with increasing and violent resistance. The Cold War heated up and the Vietnam War divided Americans. Civil rights, women's liberation, and gay rights further emerged as significant social issues. Free love was celebrated even as the decade was marked by assassinations, mass murders, and social unrest. At the same time, American cinema underwent radical change as well. The studio system crumbled, and the Production Code was replaced by a new ratings system. Among the challenges faced by the film industry was the dawning shift in theatrical exhibition from urban centers to surburban multiplexes, an increase in runaway productions, the rise of independent producers, and competition from both television and foreign art films. Hollywood movies became more cynical, violent, and sexually explicit, reflecting the changing values of the time. In ten original essays, American Cinema of the 1960s examines a range of films that characterized the decade, including Hollywood movies, documentaries, and independent and experimental films. Among the films discussed are Elmer Gantry, The Apartment, West Side Story, The Manchurian Candidate, To Kill a Mockingbird, Cape Fear, Bonnie and Clyde, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Midnight Cowboy, and Easy Rider.

American Cinema of the 1990s

Author : Chris Holmlund
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813543665
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book American Cinema of the 1990s written by Chris Holmlund and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Films discussed include Terminator 2, The matrix, Home alone, Jurassic Park, Pulp fiction, Boys don't cry, Toy story and Clueless.

Hollywood Party

Author : Lloyd Billingsley
Publisher : Prima Lifestyles
ISBN 13 : 9780761521662
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book Hollywood Party written by Lloyd Billingsley and published by Prima Lifestyles. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engrossing tale of intrigue, passion, betrayal, and violence uncovers the true face of communism in Southern California, and names writers and actresses who were seduced by the party's philosophy.

American Cinema of the 1910s

Author : Charlie Keil
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813544459
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book American Cinema of the 1910s written by Charlie Keil and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was during the teens that filmmaking truly came into its own. Notably, the migration of studios to the West Coast established a connection between moviemaking and the exoticism of Hollywood. The essays in American Cinema of the 1910s explore the rapid developments of the decade that began with D. W. Griffith's unrivaled one-reelers. By mid-decade, multi-reel feature films were profoundly reshaping the industry and deluxe theaters were built to attract the broadest possible audience. Stars like Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks became vitally important and companies began writing high-profile contracts to secure them. With the outbreak of World War I, the political, economic, and industrial groundwork was laid for American cinema's global dominance. By the end of the decade, filmmaking had become a true industry, complete with vertical integration, efficient specialization and standardization of practices, and self-regulatory agencies.

American Cinema of the 1950s

Author : Murray Pomerance
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813536736
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book American Cinema of the 1950s written by Murray Pomerance and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together original essays by ten respected scholars in the field, American Cinema of the 1950s explores the impact of the cultural environment of this decade on film, and the impact of film on the American cultural milieu. Contributors examine the signature films of the decade, including From Here to Eternity, Sunset Blvd., Singin' in the Rain, Shane, Rear Window, and Rebel Without a Cause, as well as lesser-known but equally compelling films, such as Dial 1119, Mystery Street, Suddenly, Summer Stock, The Last Hunt, and many others.

American Cinema

Author : Jeanine Basinger
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Cinema written by Jeanine Basinger and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary book--published to commemorate the centennial celebration of the birth of American film and a 10-part PBS-TV series scheduled for the new year--surveys the phenomenon that is Hollywood, past and present. With more than 200 illustrations, 100 in full color, and including some never before published, this book celebrates the best of American films.

Film Serials and the American Cinema, 1910-1940

Author : Ilka Brasch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789462986527
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (865 download)

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Download or read book Film Serials and the American Cinema, 1910-1940 written by Ilka Brasch and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the history from the days of silent screen heroines to the sound era's daring adventure serials, unearthing a thriving film culture beyond the self-contained feature.

American Cinema of the 2000s

Author : Timothy Corrigan
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813553237
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book American Cinema of the 2000s written by Timothy Corrigan and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decade from 2000 to 2009 is framed, at one end, by the traumatic catastrophe of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and, at the other, by the election of the first African American president of the United States. In between, the United States and the world witnessed the rapid expansion of new media and the Internet, such natural disasters as Hurricane Katrina, political uprisings around the world, and a massive meltdown of world economies. Amid these crises and revolutions, American films responded in multiple ways, sometimes directly reflecting these turbulent times, and sometimes indirectly couching history in traditional genres and stories. In American Cinema of the 2000s, essays from ten top film scholars examine such popular series as the groundbreaking Matrix films and the gripping adventures of former CIA covert operative Jason Bourne; new, offbeat films like Juno; and the resurgence of documentaries like Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. Each essay demonstrates the complex ways in which American culture and American cinema are bound together in subtle and challenging ways.