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Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies
by Sklar, Robert
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0679755497
- ISBN 13
- 9780679755494
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Vintage Books, New York, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. preface to the updated edition, preface by author, notes on sources, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs, film stills and the occasional illustration. Photographic paper back binding with dark red and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. "This vastly readable and richly illustrated volume examines film as artform, technological innovation, business, and cultural bellwether." -- from rear panel blurb. A little rubbing of the book edges and panels with reading creases to the back strip. Age toning of the text block edges with faint foxing also present. Previous owner's name to the top edge of the verso of the front panel. A previous owner has made some underlining of the pages. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: Trade Paperback. 417, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; History; United States; Film, Radio & Television. ISBN: 0679755497. ISBN/EAN: 9780679755494. Inventory No: 0122359. . 9780679755494
Synopsis
Here is a lively, highly informative history of American movies that, as Professor Frank Freidel of Harvard writes, combines "social history, economics and a precise and effective sense of film criticism." Movies were the first twentieth-century mass medium, and largely by chance, the first big American movie audiences and moviemakers came from the immigrant, working-class segments of the population. Movies therefore became a challenge to American big business and American culture, both of which had been controlled by the Establishment. This, Sklar suggests, is one reason why, from their very beginning, movies have been hounded by censorship. This book does three things: it traces the influence movies had on American society during the years when innumerable Americans young and old modeled themselves and their behavior on their favorite movie stars and movies; it shows the effect of the movie industry on the American economy; and it offers fresh and provocative interpretations of such movie milestones as D. W. Griffith's early epics, silent comedy (Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd), the two golden ages of 1930s movies, Walt Disney cartoons and Frank Capra's social comedies. It explains the movies' downfall in the 1950s, which, Sklar contends, was not due solely to television, and it suggests the movies' possible future. Exploring simultaneously Hollywood aesthetics, economics and culture, it offers a fascinating, comprehensive picture of the role that movies have played in American life.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0122359
- Title
- Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies
- Author
- Sklar, Robert
- Illustrator
- Photographic and Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679755497
- ISBN 13
- 9780679755494
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- BZDB2 America, cultural history, Hollywood, movies Sociology & Culture; History; United States; Film, Radio & Television. Photographic and Illustrations Unbranded ISBN: 0679755497 EAN: 9780679755494 Sklar, Robert Movie-Made America: A Cultural H
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