Description |
xv, 494 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 32 cm |
Contents |
The nickelodeon age -- The development of narrative -- The star system -- The movie family -- Comedy -- Serials -- Westerns -- Fights -- The world before your eyes -- World War I -- The greatest showman on earth -- Latin lovers -- Ruritania -- Comedy in the 1920s -- Westerns -- War in retrospect -- The big clean-up -- But flaming youth flamed on -- Screen art -- Stars of the twenties -- "Hollywood is a state of mind" -- The talkie revolution -- The gangster film -- The confession film -- Topical films -- Decency -- Sweetness and light -- Comedy and comedians -- Return to spectacle -- The message pictures -- Westerns of the thirties -- Stars of the 1930s -- Hollywood in the thirties -- Interlude -- World War II -- "Mature" films -- Old reliables -- Stars of the 1940s and 1950s -- Hollywood today -- Independence -- A new generation of American directors -- International film-making -- Blockbusters -- New styles -- Stars of the 1960s -- The way we live now |
Summary |
A comprehensive guide--illustrated with more than 1,500 photographs and updated to include information on filmmaking in the seventies--covers the stars, the directors, the trends, and the movie industry |
Notes |
With bibl |
Subject |
Motion pictures -- History.
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Motion pictures -- Pictorial works.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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Motion pictures -- United States.
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Author |
Mayer, Arthur, 1886-1981.
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LC no. |
71130478 |
ISBN |
067120680X |
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