02790nam 2200661 a 450 991045937230332120200520144314.01-282-70113-497866127011391-4399-0482-0(CKB)2670000000034560(EBL)557346(OCoLC)652654422(SSID)ssj0000419773(PQKBManifestationID)11286357(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419773(PQKBWorkID)10384038(PQKB)10488564(MiAaPQ)EBC557346(OCoLC)650350440(MdBmJHUP)muse15625(Au-PeEL)EBL557346(CaPaEBR)ebr10400498(CaONFJC)MIL270113(EXLCZ)99267000000003456019960812d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHollywood's new deal[electronic resource] /Giuliana MuscioPhiladelphia Temple University Press19971 online resource (273 p.)Culture and the moving imageDescription based upon print version of record.1-56639-496-1 1-56639-495-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-248) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The New Deal and the Media; 2. Hollywood and Washington; 3. Cinema and the New Deal; 4. The Film Industry in the Thirties; 5. The Paramount Case; Conclusion; Notes; IndexDespite the economic hardship of the thirties, people flocked to the movies in unprecedented numbers. At the same time, the Roosevelt Administration was trying to implement the New Deal and increase the influence and power of the federal government. Weaving together film and political history, Giuliana Muscio traces the connections between Depression Era Hollywood and the popularity of FDR, asserting that politics transformed its public into spectators while the movie industry transformed its spectators into a public. Hollywood's New Deal reveals the ways in which this reciprocaCulture and the moving image.Motion picturesPolitical aspectsUnited StatesNew Deal, 1933-1939Motion picturesEconomic aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.Motion picturesPolitical aspectsNew Deal, 1933-1939.Motion picturesEconomic aspects302.23/43/0973Muscio Giuliana528007MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459372303321Hollywood's new deal2443696UNINA