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Postwar Hollywood
Hardcover
Film StudiesFilm Guides & Reference
ISBN13: 9781405150743
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: Oct 1 2007
Pages: 486
Weight: 1.85
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Postwar Hollywood is a comprehensive history of the American film industry, from 1946-1962.
- A comprehensive introductory textbook exploring the unique period in the history of the film industry after World War II
- Examines the cultural history, business practices, new technologies, censorship standards, emerging genres, and styles of post-war cinema
- Chronicles the restructuring of Hollywood cinema against the backdrop of the major political, economic, and social changes taking place after World War II
- Features in-depth discussions of important films from Picnic, The Heiress, and From Here to Eternity, to Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and Love Me or Leave Me
- Illustrates the culture/filmmaking interface, and demonstrates the triumphs and failures of Hollywood's new methods of business
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