{"product_id":"american-film-history-9781118475133","title":"American Film History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the rich and innovative history of this period in American cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Out of all the film books I've read this year - and there have been many judging from the sheer amount of book reviews I've posted here in 2015 alone - American Film History: Selected Readings, Origins to 1960 is the clear stand-out amongst them. It's an invaluable tool for those of us who strive to learn more and more about the film industry and classic film every day and I definitely won't be letting this book out of my site for a good long while (I may even stipulate being buried with it in my Last Will \u0026amp; Testament).”  (\u003ci\u003eStardustclassicfilmblog\u003c\/i\u003e, 17 December 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume I: Origins to 1960\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Origins to 1928\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Setting the Stage: American Film History, Origins to 1928 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 D. W. Griffith and the Development of American Narrative Cinema 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlie Keil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Women and the Silent Screen 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelley Stamp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 African-Americans and Silent Films 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaula J. Massood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Chaplin and Silent Film Comedy 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles J. Maland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Erich von Stroheim and Cecil B. DeMille: Early Hollywood and the Discourse of Directorial “Genius” 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaylyn Studlar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Star System 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Lynn Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Synchronized Sound Comes to the Cinema 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II 1929–1945\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Setting the Stage: American Film History, 1929–1945 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Era of the Moguls: The Studio System 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew H. Bernstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 “As Close to Real Life as Hollywood Ever Gets”: Headline Pictures, Topical Movies, Editorial Cinema, and Studio Realism in the 1930s 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Maltby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Early American Avant-Garde Cinema 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan-Christopher Horak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 “Let ’Em Have It”: The Ironic Fate of the 1930s Hollywood Gangster 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuth Vasey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Landscapes of Fantasy, Gardens of Deceit: The Adventure Film between Colonialism and Tourism 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHans Jürgen Wulff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Cinema and the Modern Woman 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVeronica Pravadelli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Queering the (New) Deal 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid M. Lugowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 There’s No Place Like Home: The Hollywood Folk Musical 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesirée J. Garcia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Magician: Orson Welles and Film Style 297\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Naremore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Classical Cel Animation, World War II, and Bambi 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirsten Moana Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 MappingWhy We Fight: Frank Capra and the US Army Orientation Film in World War II 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Wolfe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 A Victory “Uneasy with Its Contrasts”: The Hollywood Left Fights World War II 341\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaverio Giovacchini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Hollywood as Historian, 1929–1945 361\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. E. Smyth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III 1945–1960\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Setting the Stage: American Film History, 1945–1960 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Taking Stock at War’s End: Gender, Genre, and Hollywood Labor in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoy Grundmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Natalie Wood: Studio Stardom and Hollywood in Transition 423\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCynthia Lucia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 444\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Politics of Force of Evil: An Analysis of Abraham Polonsky’s Preblacklist Film 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristine Noll Brinckmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 467\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Actors Studio in the Early Cold War 471\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCynthia Baron \u0026amp; Beckett Warren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Authorship and Billy Wilder 486\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Sklar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 501\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 501\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Cold War Thrillers 503\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. Barton Palmer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 519\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 American Underground Film 520\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJared Rapfogel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote 535\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 535\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 537\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738353447255,"sku":"9781118475133","price":39.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118475133.jpg?v=1723811963","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-film-history-9781118475133","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}