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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452441403321

Autore

Ray Robert B (Robert Beverley), <1943->

Titolo

The ABCs of classic Hollywood [[electronic resource] /] / Robert B. Ray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-299-39724-7

0-19-804344-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (423 p.)

Disciplina

791.430973

Soggetti

Motion pictures - United States

Performing arts - United States

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. [329]-355) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Grand Hotel; The Philadelphia Story; The Maltese Falcon; Meet Me in St. Louis; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Speaking about the kind of filmmaking now known as Classic Hollywood, the most popular and influential cinema ever invented, Vincente Minnelli once gave away its secret: ""I feel that a picture that stays with you is made up of a hundred or more hidden things. They're things that the audience is not conscious of, but that accumulate."" What are those hidden things? Can we invent a method that will enable us to discover them? Robert Ray attempts to answer those questions by looking closely at four movies from the 1930-1945 period when the American studio system reached the peak of its economic