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Title Hollywood as historian : American film in a cultural context / edited by Peter C. Rollins ; contributors, Ray B. Browne [and thirteen others].

Publication Info. Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1983.
©1983

Item Status

Edition Revised edition.
Description 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations, photographs
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Cultural History Written with Lightning: The Significance of The Birth of A Nation (1915); 2. Problems in Film History: How Fox Innovated Sound; 3. Ideology and Film Rhetoric: Three Documentaries of the New Deal Era (1936-1941); 4. Fighting Words: City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940); 5. The Grapes of Wrath (1940): Thematic Emphasis through Visual Style; 6. History with Lightning: The Forgotten Film Wilson (1944); 7. The Negro Soldier (1944): Film Propaganda in Black and White.
8. The Snake Pit (1948): The Sexist Nature of Sanity9. Ambivalence as a Theme in On the Waterfront (1954): An Interdisciplinary Approach to Film Study; 10. Dr. Strangelove (1964): Nightmare Comedy and the Ideology of Liberal Consensus; 11. A Test of American Film Censorship: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); 12. Apocalypse Now (1979): Joseph Conrad and the Television War; 13. Film, Television, and American Studies: A 1998 Update; Film Data and Purchase Sources ; Contributors ; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Summary Motion picture images have influenced the American mind since the earliest days of film, and many thoughtful people are becoming ever more concerned about that influence, as about the pervasive influence of television. In eras of economic instability and international conflict, the film industry has not hesitated to use motion pictures for definite propaganda purposes. During less troubled times, the American citizen's ability to deal with political and social issues has been enhanced or thwarted by images absorbed in the nation's theatres. Hollywood As Historian tracks the interaction of Ame.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Historical films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Historical films.
United States.
Motion pictures and history.
Motion pictures and history.
Motion picture plays, American -- History and criticism.
Motion picture plays, American.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Author Rollins, Peter C., editor.
Browne, Ray B., contributor.
Other Form: Print version: Hollywood as historian : American film in a cultural context. Revised edition. Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, ©1983 x, 288 pages 9780813101545
ISBN 9780813148649 (e-book)
0813148642 (e-book)
9780813101545
9780813109510