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Movie-Made America A Cultural History of American Movies

by: SKLAR, ROBERT

Movie-Made America A Cultural History of American Movies

by: SKLAR, ROBERT

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9780679755494
ISBN 10:
0679755497
Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/05/1994
Publisher: Vintage

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Hailed as the definitive work upon its original publication in 1975 and now extensively revised and updated by the author, this vastly absorbing and richly illustrated book examines film as an art form, technological innovation, big business, and shaper of American values. 80 black-and-white photos.

Preface to the Updated Edition
Preface
The Birth of a Mass Medium	p. 3
Nickel Madness	p. 18
Edison's Trust and How It Got Busted	p. 33
D. W. Griffith and the Forging of Motion-Picture Art	p. 48
Hollywood and the Dawning of the Aquarian Age	p. 67
The Silent Film and the Passionate Life	p. 86
Chaos, Magic, Physical Genius and the Art of Silent Comedy	p. 104
Movie-Made Children	p. 122
The House That Adolph Zukor Built	p. 141
The Moguls at Bay and the Censors' Triumph	p. 161
The Golden Age at Turbulence and the Golden Age of Order	p. 175
The Making of Cultural Myths: Walt Disney and Frank Capra	p. 195
Selling Movies Overseas	p. 215
The Hollywood Gold Rush	p. 228
Hollywood at War for America and at War with Itself	p. 249
The Disappearing Audience and the Television Crisis	p. 269
Hollywood's Collapse	p. 286
The Promise of Personal Film	p. 305
Nadir and Revival	p. 321
Hollywood and the Age of Reagan	p. 339
From Myth to Memory	p. 357
Independent Images	p. 373
Notes or Sources	p. 383
Bibliography	p. 399
Index	p. 405
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Movie-Made America A Cultural History of American Movies

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