The Movies as a World Force : American Silent Cinema and the Utopian Imagination / / Ryan Jay Friedman |
Autore | Friedman Ryan Jay |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (v, 254 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 791.43/672 |
Soggetto topico |
Utopias in motion pictures
Silent films - United States - History |
ISBN | 0-8135-9363-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Motion Pictures and Modern Communion -- 1. Enlightened Public Opinion: Postreform Progressivism, Mental Science, and Gerald Stanley Lee's "Moving-Pictures" -- 2. "The Occult Elements of Motion and Light": Vachel Lindsay's Utopia of the Mirror Screen -- 3. "The Motion Picture Is War's Greatest Antidote": Rescue as Release of Force in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance -- 4. "Everything Wooed Everything": The Triumph of Morale over Moralism in Rupert Hughes's Souls for Sale -- 5. "Little Grains of Sand": Positive Thinking and Corporate Form in Douglas Fairbanks's The Thief of Bagdad -- Conclusion: Universal History and the Historicity of Film Entertainment -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795376903321 |
Friedman Ryan Jay | ||
New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2019] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Movies as a World Force : American Silent Cinema and the Utopian Imagination / / Ryan Jay Friedman |
Autore | Friedman Ryan Jay |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (v, 254 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 791.43/672 |
Soggetto topico |
Utopias in motion pictures
Silent films - United States - History |
ISBN | 0-8135-9363-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Motion Pictures and Modern Communion -- 1. Enlightened Public Opinion: Postreform Progressivism, Mental Science, and Gerald Stanley Lee's "Moving-Pictures" -- 2. "The Occult Elements of Motion and Light": Vachel Lindsay's Utopia of the Mirror Screen -- 3. "The Motion Picture Is War's Greatest Antidote": Rescue as Release of Force in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance -- 4. "Everything Wooed Everything": The Triumph of Morale over Moralism in Rupert Hughes's Souls for Sale -- 5. "Little Grains of Sand": Positive Thinking and Corporate Form in Douglas Fairbanks's The Thief of Bagdad -- Conclusion: Universal History and the Historicity of Film Entertainment -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813074903321 |
Friedman Ryan Jay | ||
New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2019] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Visions of Paradise : Images of Eden in the Cinema / / Wheeler Winston Dixon |
Autore | Dixon Wheeler Winston |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina |
791.43/672
791.43672 |
Soggetto topico |
Paradise in motion pictures
Music, Dance, Drama & Film Film |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-86455-X
0-8135-5241-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter one. The Great Escape -- Chapter two. Eternal Summer -- Chapter three. Paradise Now -- Chapter four. The Uses of Heaven -- Chapter five. The Promise of the Future -- Works Cited -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461715903321 |
Dixon Wheeler Winston | ||
New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Visions of Paradise : Images of Eden in the Cinema / / Wheeler Winston Dixon |
Autore | Dixon Wheeler Winston |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina |
791.43/672
791.43672 |
Soggetto topico |
Paradise in motion pictures
Music, Dance, Drama & Film Film |
ISBN |
1-283-86455-X
0-8135-5241-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter one. The Great Escape -- Chapter two. Eternal Summer -- Chapter three. Paradise Now -- Chapter four. The Uses of Heaven -- Chapter five. The Promise of the Future -- Works Cited -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789979503321 |
Dixon Wheeler Winston | ||
New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Visions of Paradise : Images of Eden in the Cinema / / Wheeler Winston Dixon |
Autore | Dixon Wheeler Winston |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina |
791.43/672
791.43672 |
Soggetto topico |
Paradise in motion pictures
Music, Dance, Drama & Film Film |
ISBN |
1-283-86455-X
0-8135-5241-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter one. The Great Escape -- Chapter two. Eternal Summer -- Chapter three. Paradise Now -- Chapter four. The Uses of Heaven -- Chapter five. The Promise of the Future -- Works Cited -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811866003321 |
Dixon Wheeler Winston | ||
New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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