Girgus, Sam B.,  1941- <br/><br/>
Hollywood renaissance :  the cinema of democracy in the era of Ford, Capra, and Kazan / 
Sam B. Girgus. 
 - Cambridge [England] ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  1998. 
 - xii, 258 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Filmography: 248-250. Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-247) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Ethnics and Roughnecks: The making of the Hollywood renaissance; 2. The cinema for democracy: John Ford; 3. Gender and American character: Frank Capra; 4. Revisioning heroic masculinity: Hawks and Zinnemann; 5. An American conscience: Elia Kazan; 6. Losing tomorrow: George Stevens; Conclusion. 
<br/><br/> A study of how films from the late 1930s to the early 60s portrayed the American ideal. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>052162388X (hbk. : alk. paper) 0521625521 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion pictures--History.--United States<br/>Motion picture producers and directors--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN 1993.5  / G524h 1998 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43