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book		The Jew in American cinema / Patricia Erens Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press, 1984. Call No: 757-054(=924) ERE Author: Erens, Patricia Source: US Place: Bloomington IN Publisher: Indiana University Press PubDate: 1984 PhysDes: 455 p.; 22cm Subject: JEWS IN FILMS. USA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; NAZIS IN FILMS; SOCIAL GROUPS IN FILMS; ISRAEL; HOLOCAUST IN FILMS Summary: Patricia Erens looks at over 800 feature films , produced by either Hollywood or independent studios, from the early primitive years to the present, and presenting Jewish characters or themes. She looks at all types of film: melodramas, dramas, comedies, biblical epics, and gangster films, and identifies persistent Jewish stereotypes and themes:which constantly appear in these film: the benevolent physician, the neurotic, or prodigal son, the scheming merchant, or the Jewish ugly duckling. She looks at individual films, producers, writers, and actors, and shows how the values of the wide American community and those of the Jewish community are reflected in their work.Films such as "Ben Hur", "The Pawn Broker", "The Jazz Singer" or "The diary Of Anne Frank," to name a few ,are examined ISBN: 0253145007 ID2: 27 More info
book		Perspectives on Chinese cinema / edited by Chris Berry London: BFI Pub., 1991. Call No: 71(51) PER Author: Berry, Chris Place: London Publisher: BFI Pub. PubDate: 1991 PhysDes: vii, 234 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: CITY OF SADNESS, A [; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; TAIWAN; NATIONAL CULTURE IN FILMS; MOVEMENTS AND STYLES IN FILM HISTORY; SOCIAL GROUPS IN FILMS; GENDER AND THE CINEMA; ANIMATED FILMS; ZHUANGZHUANG, TIAN; JUNZHAO, ZHANG; YIGONG, WU; WAN, LAIMING; WAN, GUCHAN; WAN, DIHUAN; WAN, CHAOCHEN; CHUSHENG, CAI; KAIGE, CHEN; HSIAO-HSIEN, HOU; MEI, HU; BAN, LU; DONGSHAN, SHI; HUA, SHUI; YU, SUN; TIANMING, WU; YIGONG, WU; JIN, XIE; YANG, EDWARD; JUNZHAO, ZHANG; YIMOU, ZHANG; JUNLI, ZHENG; LI SHUANG SHUANG (CC, Lu Ren, 1962) SEE LI SHUANGSHUANG; XI YING MEN, (CC, Zhao Huanzhang, 1982); HUANG TUDI (CC, Chen Kaige, 1984); HONG GAOLIANG (CC, Zhang Yimou, 1987) Notes: First published 1985; Includes bibliographical references, short biographies of major directors, chronology and indexes of names and film titles ISBN: 0851702716; 0851702724 (pbk.) LON: 7777062 7777062 More info
Interim book		Puberty blues / Nell Schofield Sydney: Currency Press, 2004. Call No: 79PUB SCH Author: Schofield, Nell Source: AT Place: Sydney Publisher: Currency Press PubDate: 2004 PhysDes: 88 p. : ill. ; 20 cm Subject: PUBERTY BLUES (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1981); WOMEN AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; BEACH MOVIES; SOCIAL GROUPS IN FILMS; SEX IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; SURFING FILMS Summary: In this lively and honest account, writer and broadcaster Nell Schofield recalls how she won the role of Debbie and what it was like on the set. She looks at the parallels between the film, the book and her own surfside teenage years, and at the extraordinary responses to the film, both on its release and since. It’s a story as idiosyncratically Australian as the film that showed everyone who ever had any doubt that chicks can surf. ISBN: 0868197491 More info
Interim book		Reel change : a guide to social issue films / Patricia Peyton (ed.) San Francisco CA: The Film Fund, 1979. Call No: F025:F744 REE CorpAuthor: The Film Fund Source: US Place: San Francisco CA Publisher: The Film Fund PubDate: 1979 PhysDes: 22 cm ; 140 p. Subject: SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS; SOCIAL GROUPS IN FILMS; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA ISBN: 0960317013 More info
subject clippings file		SOCIAL GROUPS IN FILMS Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: SOCIAL GROUPS IN FILMS More info

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