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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452214103321

Autore

Cooper Mark Garrett

Titolo

Love rules [[electronic resource] ] : silent Hollywood and the rise of the managerial class / / Mark Garrett Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8166-9254-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/63543

Soggetti

Love in motion pictures

Silent films - United States - History and criticism

Motion picture audiences

Race relations in motion pictures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-267) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Visual Love Story; 2. The Public; 3. The Influence Industry; 4. Ethnic Management; Conclusion: Hollywood in the World; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through close study of such films as Birth of a Nation, Enoch Arden, The Crowd, Why Change Your Wife? and The Jazz Singer, Mark Garrett Cooper uncovers an intimate connection between Hollywood romances of the silent era and the empowerment of a managerial class.