Description
Book SynopsisNo other human problem, a critic once remarked, seems to have afflicted movie newspapermen more often than drinking. Howard Good''s latest book analyzes the stereotype of the hard-drinking journalist, with the goal of discovering why it exists and how it operates in films. Early chapters consider whether there is a historical basis for the stereotype of the hard-drinking journalist;while later chapters deal with films from across the decades, including the 1980s and 1990s. They identify the fate of the romantic couple as a majorif not the majorconcern of silent films featuring drunken journalists; explore the many and often conflicting meanings associated with drinking in the 1930s, the so-called golden age of newspaper films; and discuss the influence of Alcoholics Anonymous on such newspaper films of the 1940s and 1950s as Welcome Stranger and Come Fill the Cup. The concluding chapter points out that the dominant culture has frequently marginalized subgroupsfor example, Native Ame
Trade Review...a worthwhile read for journalism historians and cultural investigators. * Journalism History *
...an entertaining, and often personal, examination of the depiction of alcoholic reporters on screen. * Classic Images *
