A history of American movies : a film-by-film look at the art, craft, and business of cinema / Paul Monaco.

A history of American movies : a film-by-film look at the art, craft, and business of cinema /

The book focuses on 170 of the most highly regarded and recognized feature films selected by the Hollywood establishment: each Oscar winner for Best Picture, as well as those voted the greatest by members of the American Film Institute. By focusing on a select group of films that represent the epito...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monaco, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History > 20th century.
Academic theses.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Classic Hollywood, 1927-1948. Establishing Hollywood
  • Early synchronous sound
  • Classic Hollywood takes form
  • Banner years
  • Red, white, blue, and noir
  • Postwar triumphs and reversals
  • Hollywood in transition 1949-1974. Postwar unravelings
  • Declining audiences and initial responses
  • Hollywood on the ropes
  • Indications of revival
  • Conglomerate control, movie brats, and creativity
  • New Hollywood, 1975-2009. Origins of Hollywood divided
  • Mixed styles, mixed messages
  • Hollywood in the 1980s
  • New Hollywood enters the digital age
  • Hollywood enters the twenty-first century.

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