{"product_id":"great-war-in-hollywood-memory-19181939-the-suny-series-horizons-of-cinema-9781438476964","title":"Great War in Hollywood Memory 19181939 The SUNY","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAssesses how America''s film industry remembered World War I during the interwar period.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the definitive account of how America''s film industry remembered and reimagined World War I from the Armistice in 1918 to the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Based on detailed archival research, Michael Hammond shows how the war and the sociocultural changes it brought made their way into cinematic stories and images. He traces the development of the war''s memory in films dealing with combat on the ground and in the air, the role of women behind the lines, returning veterans, and through the social problem and horror genres. Hammond first examines movies that dealt directly with the war and the men and women who experienced it. He then turns to the consequences of the war as they played out across a range of films, some only tangentially related to the conflict itself. Hammond finds that the Great War acted as a storehouse of motifs and tropes drawn upon in the service of an industry actively seeking to deliver clearly told, entertaining stories to paying audiences. Films analyzed include \u003ci\u003eThe Big Parade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrand Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHell''s Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Cat\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWings\u003c\/i\u003e. Drawing on production records, set designs, personal accounts, and the advertising and reception of key films, the book offers unique insight into a cinematic remembering that was a product of the studio system as it emerged as a global entertainment industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039745671511,"sku":"9781438476964","price":25.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/great-war-in-hollywood-memory-19181939-the-suny-series-horizons-of-cinema-9781438476964","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}