Movie-Made America A Cultural History of American Movies

Name: Movie-Made America A Cultural History of American Movies
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ISBN: 9780679755494

ISBN-10: 0679755497

ISBN-13: 9780679755494

Edition: 1994 (Revised)

Authors: Robert Sklar

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Hailed as the definitive work upon its original publication in 1975 and now extensively revised and updated by the author, this vastly absorbing and richly illustrated book examines film as an art form, technological innovation, big business, and shaper of American values. 80 black-and-white photos.

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/5/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.20" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface to the Updated Edition


Preface



The Birth of a Mass Medium



Nickel Madness



Edison's Trust and How It Got Busted



D. W. Griffith and the Forging of Motion-Picture Art



Hollywood and the Dawning of the Aquarian Age



The Silent Film and the Passionate Life



Chaos, Magic, Physical Genius and the Art of Silent Comedy



Movie-Made Children



The House That Adolph Zukor Built



The Moguls at Bay and the Censors' Triumph



The Golden Age at Turbulence and the Golden Age of Order



The Making of Cultural Myths: Walt Disney and Frank Capra



Selling Movies Overseas



The Hollywood Gold Rush



Hollywood at War for America and at War with Itself



The Disappearing Audience and the Television Crisis



Hollywood's Collapse



The Promise of Personal Film



Nadir and Revival



Hollywood and the Age of Reagan



From Myth to Memory



Independent Images


Notes or Sources


Bibliography


Index