Hollywood Renaissance: The Cinema of Democracy in the Era of Ford, Kapra, and Kazan

by Sam B. Girgus

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American film directors from the late 1930s to the early 1960s instigated a renaissance of original artistic works that helped reinvigorate and renew American culture. During a time of unprecedented danger from anti-democratic forces both abroad and at home, the most imaginative and creative films of these directors - John Ford, Frank Capra, Howard Hawks, Fred Zinnemann, Elia Kazan, George Stevens - articulated issues, themes, and realities at the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521625521

ISBN13:9780521625524

Release Date:August 1998

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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20th Century Arts, Music & Photography Communication & Journalism Communication & Media Studies Direction & Production Education & Reference Film & Television History Humor & Entertainment Media Studies Movies Performing Arts Politics & Social Sciences Reference Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks

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