{"product_id":"american-cinema-of-the-1930s-themes-and-variations-paperback-softback-9780813540825","title":"American Cinema of the 1930s; Themes and Variations (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813540825","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Cinema of the 1930s\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThemes and Variations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIna Rae Hark (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813540825\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 June 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages, 33\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (American Quarterly) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (American Quarterly)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eProbably no decade saw as many changes in the Hollywood film industry and its product as the 1930s did. At the beginning of the decade, the industry was still struggling with the transition to talking pictures. Gangster films and naughty comedies starring Mae West were popular in urban areas, but aroused threats of censorship in the heartland. Whether the film business could survive the economic effects of the Crash was up in the air. By 1939, popularly called \"Hollywood's Greatest Year,\" films like \u003ci\u003eGone With the Wind \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e used both color and sound to spectacular effect, and remain American icons today. The \"mature oligopoly\" that was the studio system had not only weathered the Depression and become part of mainstream culture through the establishment and enforcement of the Production Code, it was a well-oiled, vertically integrated industrial powerhouse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ten original essays in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Cinema of the 1930s\u003c\/i\u003e focus on sixty diverse films of the decade, including \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Public Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrouble in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e42nd Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKing Kong\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImitation of Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Robin Hood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSwing Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAngels with Dirty Faces\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNothing Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Jezebel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMr. Smith Goes to\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStagecoach\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e1930 : Movies and social difference \/ Aaron Baker\u003cbr\u003e 1931 : Movies and the voice \/ Cynthia Erb\u003cbr\u003e 1932 : Movies and transgression \/ David Lugowski\u003cbr\u003e 1933 : Movies and the New Deal in entertainment \/ Martin Rubin\u003cbr\u003e 1934 : Movies and the marginalized \/ Charlene Regester\u003cbr\u003e 1935 : Movies and the resistance to tyranny \/ Ina Rae Hark\u003cbr\u003e 1936 : Movies and the possibility of transcendence \/ Susan Ohmer\u003cbr\u003e 1937 : Movies and new constructions of the American star \/ Allen Larson\u003cbr\u003e 1938 : Movies and whistling in the dark \/ Sam B. Girgus\u003cbr\u003e 1939 : Movies and American culture in the annus mirabilis \/ Charles Maland\u003cbr\u003e Select Academy Awards, 1930-1939\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52716359155992,"sku":"9780813540825","price":24.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-cinema-of-the-1930s-themes-and-variations-paperback-softback-9780813540825","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}