02521nam 2200589 450 991046401430332120200520144314.0(CKB)2670000000609761(EBL)2030502(SSID)ssj0001504514(PQKBManifestationID)11859972(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001504514(PQKBWorkID)11480251(PQKB)10648128(MiAaPQ)EBC2030502(Au-PeEL)EBL2030502(CaPaEBR)ebr11045329(CaONFJC)MIL769350(OCoLC)909900088(EXLCZ)99267000000060976120150501h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEvading the issue Hollywood and the social problem film /Amanda J. FieldGosport, [England] :Chaplin Books,2015.©20151 online resource (30 p.)Short Takes Film Studies SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-909183-78-4 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Evading the Issue; Hollywood and the Social Problem Film; Additional Media; Illustrations; Back Matter; Bibliography; Filmography; Also AvailableTino Balio, in his book The American Film Industry, said that the Production Code meant that American films could not deal with political or social issues 'in an honest and truthful fashion'. This incisive essay tests out the legitimacy of Balio's claims, using The Lost Weekend (directed by Billy Wilder, 1945) as an example of the Hollywood 'problem film'. Rather than treating the film as being an entity with a single, unchanging meaning, it is put into its historical and social context, in ...Short Takes Film StudiesMotion picture plays, AmericanHistory and criticismMotion picturesSocial aspectsUnited StatesHollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)HistoryElectronic books.Motion picture plays, AmericanHistory and criticism.Motion picturesSocial aspects791.4301Field Amanda J. 1037473MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464014303321Evading the issue2458481UNINA