Flying down to Rio : Hollywood, tourists, and Yankee Clippers / / by Rosalie Schwartz

• Autore: Schwartz Rosalie <1936->
• Pubblicazione: College Station, : Texas A & M University Press, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (397 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/32
• Soggetto topico: Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century; Technological innovations - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century; Motion picture industry - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century; Aeronautics - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century; Tourism - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization 20th century; United States Territorial expansion; United States Relations Latin America; Latin America Relations United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-373) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures musical comedy Flying Down to Rio connected airplanes, movies, and tourism, ending spectacularly with chorus girls dancing on the wings of airplanes high above Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Schwartz uses this production to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped the twentiethcentury. From Wilbur and Orville to Fred and Ginger, Schwartz's narrative follows the fortunes of aviation and movie pioneers and the foundations and growth of Pan American Airways and RKORadio Pictures, the two companies that came together in Flying Down to Rio.
• Titolo autorizzato: Flying down to Rio
• ISBN: 1-299-05265-7; 1-60344-634-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957929703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Centennial of flight series ; ; no. 10.