Looking past the screen : case studies in American film history and method / edited by Jon Lewis and Eric Smoodin.
| Other author | Lewis, Jon, 1955- |
| Other author | Smoodin, Eric Loren. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Durham : Duke University Press, 2007. |
| Description | x, 413 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The beginnings of American film study / Dana Polan -- The perfect money machine(s) : George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and auteurism in the new Hollywood / Jon Lewis -- Lois Weber and the celebrity of matronly respectability / Shelley Stamp -- Tempting fate : Clara Smith hamon, or The secretary as producer / Mark Lynn Anderson -- The crafting of a political icon : Lola Lola on paper / Andrea Slane -- Going Hollywood sooner or later : Chinese censorship and The bitter tea of General Yen / Eric Smoodin -- Plain brown wrapper : adult films for the home market, 1930-1969 / Eric Schaefer -- Ethnography and exhibition : the child audience, the Hays office, and Saturday matinees / Richard deCordova -- Dish night at the movies : exhibitor promotions and female audiences during the Great Depression / Kathy H. Fuller-Seeley -- "A treatise on decay" : liberal and leftist critics and their queer readings of Depression-era U.S. film / David M. Lugowski -- Murnau in America : chronicle of lost films (4 devils, City girl) / Janet Bergstrom -- The American origins of film noir : realism in urban art and The naked city / Sumiko Higashi. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-396) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007008325 |
| ISBN | 9780822338079 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0822338076 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780822338215 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0822338211 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN 1993.5.U6 L58 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |