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040 _cDLC
_beng
041 _aeng
050 1 4 _aPN 1995.9
_bS667r 2009
082 0 0 _a791.43
100 1 _aSmyth, J. E.,
_d1977-
_933006
245 1 0 _aReconstructing American historical cinema :
_bfrom Cimarron to Citizen Kane /
_cJ. E. Smyth.
260 _aLexington :
_bUniversity Press of Kentucky,
_c2009.
300 _axiii, 447 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 413-433) and index.
505 0 _aList of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : toward a filmic writing of history in classical Hollywood -- [pt]. 1. Traditional and modern American history -- 1. The -- new American history : Cimarron, 1931. 2. Contemporary history in the Age of Scarface, 1932. [pt]. 2. Resolving westward expansion -- 3. Competing frontiers, 1933-1938. 4. The -- return of our epic America, 1938-1941. [pt]. 3. Civil War and Reconstruction -- 5. Jezebels and rebels, cavaliers and compromise, 1930-1939 -. 6. The -- lives and deaths of Abraham Lincoln, 1930-1941. [pt]. 4. Veterans of different wars -- 7. War in the Roaring Twenties, 1932-1939. 8. The -- last of the long hunters, 1938-1941. [pt]. 5. Hollywood history -- 9. Stars born and lost, 1932-1937. 10. A. Hollywood cavalcade, 1939-1942. Conclusion : From Land of Liberty to the decline and fall of Citizen Kane -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
520 _aExplores Hollywood's pivotal interpretations of national history during the height of the studio system. This work uncovers Hollywood's diverse and conflicted attitudes toward American history in narratives including nineteenth-century frontier epics, gangster biopics, and histories of silent-era Hollywood.
650 0 _aHistorical films
_zUnited States
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aMotion pictures and history.
650 4 _aPelículas históricas
_933718
_xHistoria y crítica
_zEstados Unidos
650 4 _aCine e historia
_911821
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006020064.html
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