Completing the landmark, award-winning ten-volume series on the first century of American film, History of the American Cinema , Vol. 7, written by Peter Lev of Towson University, covers the tumultuous period of the 1950s. The volume explores the divorce of movie studios from their theatre chains; the panic of the blacklist era; the explosive emergence of science fiction as the dominant genre ( The Thing, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds , etc.); rise of television and Hollywood's response ...
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Completing the landmark, award-winning ten-volume series on the first century of American film, History of the American Cinema , Vol. 7, written by Peter Lev of Towson University, covers the tumultuous period of the 1950s. The volume explores the divorce of movie studios from their theatre chains; the panic of the blacklist era; the explosive emergence of science fiction as the dominant genre ( The Thing, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds , etc.); rise of television and Hollywood's response in widescreen spectacles ( The Robe, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur , etc.) and mature Westerns ( High Noon, Shane, The Searchers , etc.); and more.
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New. Covering the tumultuous period of the 1950s, this work explores the divorce of movie studios from their theater chains; the panic of the blacklist era; the explosive emergence of science fiction as the dominant genre; and the rise of television and Hollywood's response with widescreen spectacles. Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 396 pages, 110 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 253 x 21. Weight in Grams: 836. 2006. 1st Edition. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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