| Description |
300 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 304) and index. |
| Contents |
Beginnings: One Hundred Years of Movies -- Hollywood Style and the Audience -- Stardom -- Genres -- The Western -- Screwball Comedy -- Film Noir -- Combat -- Remakes -- The Hollywood Studio System, Then and Now -- Transition: The Television Age (1960-1980) -- Hollywood Now: The Film School Generation (After 1970) -- Hollywood Today and The Cutting Edge. |
| Summary |
"This extraordinary book, published to commemorate the centennial celebration of the birth of American film and a 10-part television series to be aired on the 320 PBS stations beginning in January 1995, surveys the phenomenon that is Hollywood, past and present." "The movies, like no other art form, are deeply embedded in the American psyche. They are our heritage and our entertainment. In a text as epic in scope as its subject, and drawing on exclusive interviews with actors and filmmakers conducted specifically for the American Cinema project, author Jeanine Basinger presents the evolution of the Hollywood saga, from its early roots in rural California to an industry that has adapted to - and thrived during - such metamorphoses as the advent of sound, the "threat" of foreign films and of television, and even the age of the conglomerate." "Basinger examines in depth the language of film - focusing on the nature of the art form during the "golden age" as well as in the age of television - and its power, in Hollywood's skilled hands, to keep you in your seat and forever coming back for more." "With more than 300 illustrations from the world's leading film archives, including some never before published, this book celebrates the best of American films, from the glamorous defining films of Hollywood in such favorite genres as the screwball comedy and the western to today's blockbusters and film-school generation of directors, Scorsese, Spielberg, DePalma, Lucas, and Coppola. Also included are the new filmmakers redefining the Hollywood film today."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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Film genres -- United States.
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Motion picture film -- History.
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Studio theater -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Television -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Western films -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Film noir -- 20th century -- History.
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Western films. (OCoLC)fst01174006
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Television. (OCoLC)fst01146535
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Studio theater. (OCoLC)fst01136210
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Motion picture film. (OCoLC)fst01027135
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Film noir. (OCoLC)fst00924273
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Film genres. (OCoLC)fst00924269
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Motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01027285
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Bibel Philemonbrief (DE-588)4075950-7
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Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld (DE-588)10090522-5
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Films.
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Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4
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Bildband (DE-588)4145395-5
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Film.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Indexed Term |
Film genres United States |
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Motion pictures United States History |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
100 years of cinema |
| In: |
Makino, Mamoru, 1930- Makino Mamoru Collection on the History of East Asian Film (NNC)7755896 |
| ISBN |
0847818144 |
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9780847818143 |
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