Working-Class Hollywood - Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America

Name: Working-Class Hollywood - Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America
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ISBN: 9780691024646

ISBN-10: 0691024642

ISBN-13: 9780691024646

Edition: 1999

Authors: Steven J. Ross

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This study of the rise of a working-class film movement in America during the early-20th century, shows how filmmakers were far more concerned with class conflict during the silent era than at any other time. It also shows how silent films helped shape the belief that America is a classless nation.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 1/3/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments



The Rise of the Movies: Political Filmmaking and the Working Class


Introduction



Going to the Movies: Leisure, Class, and Danger in the Early Twentieth Century



Visualizing the Working Class: Cinema and Politics before Hollywood



The Good, the Bad, and the Violent: Class Conflict and the Labor-Capital Genre



Making a Pleasure of Agitation: The Rise of the Worker Film Movement



The Rise of Hollywood: From Working Class to Middle Class



When Russia Invaded America: Hollywood, War, and the Movies



Struggles for the Screen: The Revival of the Worker Film Movement



Fantasy and Politics: Moviegoing and Movies in the 1920s



Lights Out: The Decline of Labor Filmmaking and the Triumph of Hollywood


Epilogue: The Movies Talk But What Do They Say?


Select Filmography


Sources and Methods for Writing Film History


Abbreviations


Notes


Index