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Acting male : masculinities in the films of James Stewart, Jack Nicholson, and Clint Eastwood / Dennis Bingham New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1994.
Call No: 451-01 BINAuthor: Bingham, Dennis, 1954 Place: New Brunswick, N.J.Publisher: Rutgers University PressPubDate: 1994PhysDes: x, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: MEN IN FILMS ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; WESTERNS ; SADISM / MASOCHISM IN FILMS ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; Stewart, James ; NICHOLSON, JACK ; EASTWOOD, CLINT ; LAST DETAIL, THE (US, Hal Ashby, 1973) ; BEGUILED, THE (US, Don Siegel, 1971) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; DIRTY HARRY (US, Don Siegel, 1971) ; HARVEY (US, Henry Koster, 1950) ; HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (US, Clint Eastwood, 1973) ; [MISTER] MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (US, Frank Capra, 1939) ; SHINING, THE (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1980) ; TIGHTROPE (US, Richard Tuggle, 1984) ; UNFORGIVEN (US, Clint Eastwood, 1992) ; WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART (US, Clint Eastwood, 1990) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-263) and indexISBN: 0813520738; 0813520746 (pbk.)LON: 10548892
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Frank Capra : the catastrophe of success / by Joseph McBride New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Call No: 81CAP MCBAuthor: McBride, Joseph Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Simon & SchusterPubDate: 1992PhysDes: 768 p. : ill. ; 26 cmSubject: COMEDIES ; AUTHORSHIP ; COLUMBIA PICTURES ; HOLLYWOOD ; DIRECTORS ; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; CAPRA, FRANK ; COHN, HARRY ; RISKIN, ROBERT ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; LADY FOR A DAY (US, Frank Capra, 1933) ; LOST HORIZON (US, Frank Capra, 1937) ; MEET JOHN DOE (US, Frank Capra, 1941) ; MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (US, Frank Capra, 1936) ; MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (US, Frank Capra, 1939) ; WHY WE FIGHT SERIES (US, 1942-44) ; YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (US, Frank Capra, 1938) Summary: "FRANK CAPRA: THE CATASTROPHE OF SUCCESS is the first major biography of one of the greatest directors in Hollywood history, the man behind such classic films as IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE [...] FRANK CAPRA: THE CATASTROPHE OF SUCCESS is the result of more than seven years of work. It is drawn from extensive archival research and interviews with 175 people who knew or worked with Capra, as well as many hours of interviews with Capra himself. In this biography, Joseph McBride gives us the definitive portrait of one of our greatest filmmakers." [Taken from book jacket]Notes: Filmography: p. [117]-731; Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0671797883 (pbk.); 0671734946 : $27.50LON: abn92038576; 8711584
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Hollywood in Havana : US cnema and revolutionary nationalism in Cuba before 1959 / Megan Feeney Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Call No: 302(73:729.1)Author: Feeney, Megan Source: USPlace: ChicagoPublisher: The University of Chicago PressPubDate: 2019PhysDes: viii, 320 pages: black and white illustrations; 23 cm.Subject: HOLLYWOOD ; CUBA ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; CAPRA, FRANK ; DISTRIBUTION ; EXHIBITION ; FILM NOIR ; KAZAN, ELIA ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; WARNER BROS. ; GREAT DICTATOR, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1940) ; VIVA ZAPATA (US, Elia Kazan, 1952) ; TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE (US, John Huston, 1948) ; MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (US, Frank Capra, 1939) ; FACE IN THE CROWD, A (US, Elia Kazan, 1957) Summary: "From the turn of the twentieth century through the late 1950s, Havana was a locus for American movie stars, with glamorous visitors including Errol Flynn, John Wayne, and Marlon Brando. In fact, Hollywood was seemingly everywhere in pre-Castro Havana, with movie theaters three to a block in places, widely circulated silver screen fanzines, and terms like “cowboy” and “gangster” entering Cuban vernacular speech. Hollywood in Havana uses this historical backdrop as the catalyst for a startling question: Did exposure to half a century of Hollywood pave the way for the Cuban Revolution of 1959?
Megan Feeney argues that the freedom fighting extolled in American World War II dramas and the rebellious values and behaviors seen in postwar film noir helped condition Cuban audiences to expect and even demand purer forms of Cuban democracy and national sovereignty. At the same time, influential Cuban intellectuals worked to translate Hollywood ethics into revolutionary rhetoric—which, ironically, led to pointed critiques and subversions of the US presence in Cuba. Hollywood in Havana not only expands our notions of how American cinema was internalized around the world—it also broadens our view of the ongoing history of US-Cuban interactions, both cultural and political." -- Back cover.Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN: 9780226593692Contents: Introduction. Looking up: Hollywood and revolutionary Cuban nationalism -- The film business that unites: early US cinema in Havana, 1897-1928 -- Teaching eyes to see: the advent of Cuban film criticism, 1928-1934 -- Our men in Havana: Hollywood and good neighborly bonds, 1934-1941 -- You are men! fight for liberty! Hollywood heroes and the pan-American bonds of World War II -- Breaking the chains: Hollywood noir in postwar Havana, 1946-1952 -- Rebel idealism: Hollywood in Havana during the Batistato, 1952-1958 -- Epilogue: the show goes on: Hollywood in Havana after 1958.
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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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Reel politics : American political movies from Birth of a nation to Platoon / Terry Christensen Oxford New York: Blackwell, 1987.
Call No: 745 CHRAuthor: Christensen, Terry Place: Oxford New YorkPublisher: BlackwellPubDate: 1987PhysDes: x, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: POLITICAL FILMS. USA ; WORLD WAR II FILMS ; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA ; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA ; VIETNAM WAR FILMS ; WORKERS IN FILMS ; NUCLEAR ISSUES IN FILMS ; REVOLUTIONARY THEMES IN FILMS ; WAR AND THE CINEMA ; POLITICAL PERSONALITIES IN FILMS ; FONDA, HENRY ; FORD, JOHN ; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK ; REDS (US, Warren Beatty, 1981) ; BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915) ; GABRIEL OVER THE WHITE HOUSE (US, Gregory La Cava, 1933) ; [MISTER] MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (US, Frank Capra, 1939) ; GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940) ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942) ; CANDIDATE, THE (US, Michael Ritchie, 1972) ; FRONT, THE (US, Martin Ritt, 1976) ; ADVISE AND CONSENT (US, Otto Preminger, 1962) ; STATE OF THE UNION (US, Frank Capra, 1948) ; SISTERS (US, Brian De Palma, 1972) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p.[224]-227ISBN: 0631158448 : $24.95 (U.S.)LON: 5549737
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