Overview
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Chicago : Intellect, 2011
- Locale
- California
Los Angeles
United States - Contents
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Once upon a time in America: American society and culture, 1933-1948
The keeper of the flame: Hollywood and the cinema of liberal idealism
Trouble in paradise: Hollywood films and American social change
Case study 1: 'Everything that happens must be strictly American': Fritz Lang and Hollywood idealism
Case study 2: Sex, violence and alcohol: Billy Wilder in the 1940s
The devil is a woman: Hollywood films and the American woman
'Definitely bawdy and offensively suggestive': Lubitsch and the American woman
'Love cures the wounds it makes': Lang and Wilder: conventional portraits of the American woman
The world changes: Hollywood and international affairs
Case study 5: 'World political theater': Lubitsch and foreign affairs
Case study 6: 'As corruptible as the others': Wilder on America and Europe
Case study 7: 'Propaganda can be art': Lang and international affairs
Conclusion. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references.
Once upon a time in America: American society and culture, 1933-1948 -- The keeper of the flame: Hollywood and the cinema of liberal idealism -- Trouble in paradise: Hollywood films and American social change -- Case study 1: 'Everything that happens must be strictly American': Fritz Lang and Hollywood idealism -- Case study 2: Sex, violence and alcohol: Billy Wilder in the 1940s -- The devil is a woman: Hollywood films and the American woman -- 'Definitely bawdy and offensively suggestive': Lubitsch and the American woman -- 'Love cures the wounds it makes': Lang and Wilder: conventional portraits of the American woman -- The world changes: Hollywood and international affairs -- Case study 5: 'World political theater': Lubitsch and foreign affairs -- Case study 6: 'As corruptible as the others': Wilder on America and Europe -- Case study 7: 'Propaganda can be art': Lang and international affairs -- Conclusion.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781841504025
1841504025 - Physical Description
- 277 pages ; 23 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century. Expatriate motion picture producers and directors--United States. Motion pictures--Political aspects--United States. United States--Politics and government--1933-1953. Germans--California--Los Angeles. Sex role in motion pictures. Immigrants--California--Los Angeles. Lubitsch, Ernst,--1892-1947--Criticism and interpretation. Lang, Fritz,--1890-1976--Criticism and interpretation. Wilder, Billy,--1906-2002--Criticism and interpretation.
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