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The Hollywood social problem film : madness, despair, and politics from the Depression to the fifties / Peter Roffman and Jim Purdy Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1981.
Call No: 744 ROFAuthor: Roffman, Peter, 1950 ; Purdy, Jim, Place: BloomingtonPublisher: Indiana University PressPubDate: 1981PhysDes: x, 364 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS. USA ; DEPRESSION IN FILMS ; DRUGS IN FILMS ; MADNESS IN FILMS ; BAD GUYS ; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA ; FALLEN WOMEN IN FILMS ; DELINQUENTS IN FILMS ; JEWS IN FILMS ; BLACKS IN FILMS. USA ; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; BLACKLISTING. USA ; JOURNALISTS IN FILMS ; POLITICAL PERSONALITIES IN FILMS ; POPULISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; RACIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS ; RURAL LIFE IN FILMS ; WARNER BROS. ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; LANG, FRITZ ; BORZAGE, FRANK ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; GARFIELD, JOHN ; CAPRA, FRANK ; VIDOR, KING ; BLACK LEGION (US, Archie L. Mayo, 1936) ; CABIN IN THE COTTON, THE (US, Michael Curtiz, 1932) ; DEAD END (US, William Wyler, 1937) ; FORCE OF EVIL (US, Abraham Polonsky, 1948) ; GABRIEL OVER THE WHITE HOUSE (US, Gregory La Cava, 1933) ; STATE'S ATTORNEY (US, George Archainbaud, 1932) ; SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (US, Preston Sturges, 1942) ; THEY WON'T FORGET (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1937) ; THREE COMRADES (US, Frank Borzage, 1938) ; GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (US, Elia Kazan, 1947) ; I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE F.B.I. (US, Gordon Douglas, 1951) ; LAWLESS, THE (US, Joseph Losey, 1950) ; LAWYER MAN (US, Wilhelm Dieterle, 1932) ; LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW? (US, Frank Borzage, 1934) ; MASSACRE (US, Alan Crosland, 1933) ; MEET JOHN DOE (US, Frank Capra, 1941) ; MOUTHPIECE, THE (US, James Flood & Elliott Nugent, 1932) ; OUR DAILY BREAD (US, King Vidor, 1934) ; PINKY (US, Elia Kazan, 1949) ; PRESIDENT VANISHES, THE (US, William Wellman, 1934) ; RIFFRAFF (US, J. Walter Ruben, 1936) ; [MISTER] MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (US, Frank Capra, 1936) ; [MISTER] MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (US, Frank Capra, 1939) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; MONSIEUR VERDOUX (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947) ; MORTAL STORM, THE (US, Frank Borzage, 1940) ; MY MAN GODFREY (US, Gregory La Cava, 1936) ; ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954) ; BODY AND SOUL (US, Robert Rossen, 1947) ; GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940) ; GREAT DICTATOR, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1940) ; HEROES FOR SALE (US, William A. Wellman, 1933) ; I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1932) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; SALT OF THE EARTH (US, Herbert J. Biberman, 1954) ; YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (US, Fritz Lang, 1937) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 319-329; Filmography: p. 331-351ISBN: 0253127076; 0253202612 (pbk.)LON: 1763505
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Incredibly strange films / [editors V. Vale and Andrea Juno] San Francisco, Calif.: RE/Search Publications, 1986.
Call No: 722.731 INCAuthor: Vale, V ; Juno, Andrea Place: San Francisco, Calif.Publisher: RE/Search PublicationsPubDate: 1986PhysDes: 211, 17 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cmSeries: RE/Search ; 10Subject: CULT FILMS ; DELINQUENTS IN FILMS ; MOTORCYCLE FILMS ; BEACH MOVIES ; DRUGS IN FILMS ; PRISON FILMS ; MONDO FILMS ; SEX FILMS ; ROMERO, GEORGE ; LEWIS, HERSCHELL GORDON ; WISHMAN, DORIS ; WOOD, EDWARD D., JR. ; HENENLOTTER, FRANK ; STECKLER, RAY DENNIS ; MIKELS, TED V. ; MEYER, RUSS ; BAKALYAN, RICHARD ; SARNO, JOSEPH W. ; FRIEDMAN, DAVID F. ; COHEN, LARRY ; YOUNG PLAYTHINGS (SW?, Joseph W. Sarno, 1972?) ; SPIDER BABY OR, THE MADDEST STORY EVER TOLD (US, Jack Hill, 1965) ; DEMENTIA (US, John Parker, 1953) ; BLAST OF SILENCE (US, Allen Baron, 1961) ; GOD TOLD ME TO (US, Larry Cohen, 1976) Notes: Cover title; Includes index; Filmography: p. [212]-[213]ISBN: 0940642093LON: 6230876
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Screen violence / edited by Karl French London: Bloomsbury, 1996.
Call No: 45:179 SCRAuthor: French, Karl Place: LondonPublisher: BloomsburyPubDate: 1996PhysDes: vi, 250 p. ; 21 cmSubject: VIOLENCE IN FILMS ; VIOLENCE ON TV ; SERIAL KILLERS IN FILMS ; CENSORSHIP ; DELINQUENTS IN FILMS ; CHILDREN, EFFECTS OF FILM ON ; WATERS, JOHN (US) ; MCCALLION, JAMES ; STONE, OLIVER ; EASTWOOD, CLINT ; GRISHAM, JOHN ; AMIS, MARTIN ; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD ; STALLONE, SYLVESTER ; CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1971) ; CHILD'S PLAY [...] (US, 1988-1991) ISBN: 0747525498LON: abn96397172; 12886978
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Youth rebellion movies / by Marc Perlman Minneapolis: Lerner, c1993.
Call No: 734.8 PERAuthor: Perlman, Marc Place: MinneapolisPublisher: LernerPubDate: c1993PhysDes: 80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmSubject: DELINQUENTS IN FILMS ; MOTORCYCLE FILMS ; TEEN FILMS ; BRANDO, MARLON ; DEAN, JAMES ; FONDA, PETER ; FORD, GLENN ; HOPPER, DENNIS ; POITIER, SIDNEY ; WOOD, NATALIE ; BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (US, Richard Brooks, 1955) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969) ; HEATHERS (US, Michael Lehmann, 1989) ; REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (US, Nicholas Ray, 1955) ; ROCK'N'ROLL HIGH SCHOOL (US, Allan Arkush. 1979) ; WILD ONE, THE (US, Laslo Benedek, 1953) Summary: Describes the portrayal of teenage rebellion against authority as shown in such films as "The Blackboard Jungle," "Rebel Without a Cause," and "Rock 'N Roll High School."Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 79) and indexISBN: 0822516403ID2: 8
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