03630nam 2200601 450 991045961790332120200520144314.00-8131-4864-2(CKB)3710000000333895(EBL)1915018(MiAaPQ)EBC1915018(OCoLC)558240218(MdBmJHUP)muse43796(Au-PeEL)EBL1915018(CaPaEBR)ebr11011617(CaONFJC)MIL690750(OCoLC)900344387(EXLCZ)99371000000033389520150205h19831983 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHollywood as historian American film in a cultural context /edited by Peter C. Rollins ; contributors, Ray B. Browne [and thirteen others]Revised edition.Lexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1983.©19831 online resource (299 p.)Include index.1-322-59468-6 0-8131-0154-9 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Cultural History Written with Lightning: The Significance of The Birth of A Nation (1915); 2. Problems in Film History: How Fox Innovated Sound; 3. Ideology and Film Rhetoric: Three Documentaries of the New Deal Era (1936-1941); 4. Fighting Words: City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940); 5. The Grapes of Wrath (1940): Thematic Emphasis through Visual Style; 6. History with Lightning: The Forgotten Film Wilson (1944); 7. The Negro Soldier (1944): Film Propaganda in Black and White8. The Snake Pit (1948): The Sexist Nature of Sanity9. Ambivalence as a Theme in On the Waterfront (1954): An Interdisciplinary Approach to Film Study; 10. Dr. Strangelove (1964): Nightmare Comedy and the Ideology of Liberal Consensus; 11. A Test of American Film Censorship: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); 12. Apocalypse Now (1979): Joseph Conrad and the Television War; 13. Film, Television, and American Studies: A 1998 Update; Film Data and Purchase Sources ; Contributors ; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZMotion picture images have influenced the American mind since the earliest days of film, and many thoughtful people are becoming ever more concerned about that influence, as about the pervasive influence of television. In eras of economic instability and international conflict, the film industry has not hesitated to use motion pictures for definite propaganda purposes. During less troubled times, the American citizen's ability to deal with political and social issues has been enhanced or thwarted by images absorbed in the nation's theatres. Hollywood As Historian tracks the interaction of AmeHistorical filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismMotion pictures and historyMotion picture plays, AmericanHistory and criticismElectronic books.Historical filmsHistory and criticism.Motion pictures and history.Motion picture plays, AmericanHistory and criticism.791.43/09/09358Rollins Peter C.Browne Ray B.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459617903321Hollywood as historian2472291UNINA