Hollywood in Crisis: Cinema and American Society 1929-1939Hollywood in Crisis is a detailed study of the workings of the American film industry during the 1930s. Colin Schindler, looking at Hollywood as an agent of Roosevelt's New Deal and the attempts made by film moguls and movie makers to withstand the political turmoil that threatened to engulf America. Schindler illustrates how the studios and their products, from the glamour of MGM stars and escapist musicals to gangster movies and Westerns, even to the 'radical' films of the Warner studios, helped foster ideas of social unity and patriotism. |
Contents
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MARCH 1933 | 32 |
THE SWIMMING POOL REDS | 52 |
FANFARE for the COMMON MAN | 73 |
THE HAYS OFFICE | 96 |
THE LEFTHANDED ENDEAVOUR | 117 |
CRY OF THE CITY | 141 |
GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND GOOD PICTURE | 157 |
A MICROHISTORY | 174 |
FOREIGN AFFAIRS | 195 |
HOLLYWOOD AND THE NATION | 212 |
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Hollywood in Crisis: Cinema and American Society, 1929-1939, Volume 10 Colin Shindler Limited preview - 1996 |
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