Screening Out the Past The Birth of Mass Culture and the Motion Picture Industry

Name: Screening Out the Past The Birth of Mass Culture and the Motion Picture Industry
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ISBN: 9780226511733

ISBN-10: 0226511731

ISBN-13: 9780226511733

Edition: 1983 (Reprint)

Authors: Lary May

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"A scrupulously argued, clearly written account of Hollywood's role in bringing America skipping and giggling from the Victorian world into the twentieth century."--Philip French, London Sunday Observer "It is impossible to follow a narrow trail through the movies. The vistas keep opening, and May, linking movies to mass society, finds and makes new perceptions on emerging women, the rise of the studios, the special growth and appeal of Los Angeles, the nature of studio leadership and the early and persistent imputed corrupting power of film."--Charles Champlin, Los Angeles Times "Lary May . . . has provided a set of new and rich insights into the changing patterns of American culture,…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1983
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/15/1983
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Backdrop: Victorian America and Amusements



Through a Lens Darkly: The Decline of Progress



Rescuing the Family: Urban Progressivism and Modern Leisure



Apocalyptic Cinema




Revitalization: Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and the New Personality, 1914-1918



You Are the Star: The Evolution of the Theater Palace, 1908-1929



The New Frontier: ""Hollywood,"" 1914-1920



Politics Dissolved