The Golden Age of Cinema: Hollywood, 1929-1945ISBN: 978-1-4051-6372-9
Hardcover
368 pages
September 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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- A major introductory textbook covering what is arguably the
most fertile and exciting period in film, 1929-1945
- Analyzes many of the seminal films from the period, from The
Wizard of Oz to Grand Hotel to Gone with the
Wind, considering the impact they had then and still have
today
- Tackles the shaping forces of the period: the business
practices of the industry, technological developments, censorship
restraints, narrative strategies, evolution of genres, and the
stars and the star system
- Explores the major social, political, economic, and cultural
events that helped to shape contemporary commercial cinema, as well
as other leisure activities that influenced Hollywood production,
including radio, vaudeville, theatre and fiction
- Written in a jargon-free, lively style, and features a number of illustrations throughout the text
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