LEADER 03252nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910811180003321 005 20240418141622.0 010 $a0-19-029441-8 010 $a1-281-16323-6 010 $a9786611163235 010 $a0-19-804184-5 010 $a1-4356-1787-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000409442 035 $a(EBL)415146 035 $a(OCoLC)437092815 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000118852 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145949 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118852 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10054395 035 $a(PQKB)11006974 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415146 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10211900 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL116323 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415146 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000409442 100 $a20070402d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCatholics in the movies /$fedited by Colleen McDannell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (377 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-530657-0 311 $a0-19-530656-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhy the movies? why religion? / Colleen McDannell -- The silent social problem film : regeneration (1915) / Judith Weisenfeld -- Boys to men : Angels with dirty faces (1938) / Thomas J. Ferraro -- Jews and Catholics converge : the song of Bernadette (1943) / Paula M. Kane -- America's favorite priest : Going my way (1944) / Anthony Burke Smith -- God and guns : Seven cities of gold (1955) / Theresa Saunders -- Life on the frontier : Lilies of the field (1963) / Jeffrey Marlett -- Praying for stones like this : The Godfather trilogy (1972, 1974, 1990) / Carlo Rotella -- Catholic horror :The exorcist (1973) / Colleen McDannell -- Cops, priests, and the decline of Irish America : True confessions (1981) / Timothy J. Meagher -- Worldly Madonna : entertaining angels : the Dorothy Day story (1996) / Tracy Fessenden -- Border saints : Santitos (1997) / Darryl V. Caterine -- Catholicism wow! : Dogma (1999) / Amy Frykholm -- Votive offering : The Passion of the Christ (2004) / Colleen McDannell. 330 $aCatholicism was all over movie screens in 2004. Mel Gibsons The Passion of the Christ was at the center of a media firestorm for months. A priest was a crucial character in the Academy Award-winning Million Dollar Baby. Everyone, it seemed, was talking about how religious stories should be represented, marketed, and received. Catholic characters, spaces, and rituals have been stock features in popular films since the silent era. An intensely visual religion with a well-defined ritual and authority system, Catholicism lends itself to the drama and pageantry of film. Moviegoers watch as Catholic 606 $aCatholics in motion pictures 615 0$aCatholics in motion pictures. 676 $a791.43/68282 701 $aMcDannell$b Colleen$0449783 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811180003321 996 $aCatholics in the movies$94040870 997 $aUNINA