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A history of American movies : a film-by-film look at the art, craft, and business of cinema
- Title
- A history of American movies : a film-by-film look at the art, craft, and business of cinema / Paul Monaco.
- Author
- Monaco, Paul.
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN1993.5.U65 M55 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 349 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- 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 epitome of these collaborations, Monaco provides an essential history of one of the modern world's most complex and successful cultural institutions: Hollywood. --from publisher description
- Subjects
- Motion picture industry
- Motion pictures
- Filmwirtschaft
- Film
- California > Los Angeles
- 1900-1999
- History
- USA
- California > Los Angeles > Hollywood
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History > 20th century
- Filmwirtschaft > USA > Geschichte
- Film > USA > Geschichte
- Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century
- Motion pictures > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-340) and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780810874336
- 0810874334
- 9780810874343
- 0810874342
- 9780810874398
- 0810874393
- LCCN
- 2009051427
- OCLC
- ocn494278584
- 494278584
- SCSB-14710317
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library