HOLLYWOOD RENAISSANCE The Cinema of Democrary in the Era of Ford, Capra, and Kazan by Girgus, Sam B - 1998

NY: Cambridge University Press. Very Good-. 1998. First Edition. Paperback. 0521625521; Paper Covers. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Very minor edge foxing. Pen underlininng on pages 56-58, 82, 86-104, 149, and 214; remainder of text is clean and unworn. ; 8-7/8" Tall, XII + 258pp. PAPER COVERS. Cover is a little lighter than posterboard. MOVIES. "American film directors from the late 1030s to the early 1960s instigated a renaissance of original artistic works that helped reinvigorate and rewnew American culture. During a time of unprecedented danger from antidemocratic forces both abroad and at home, the most imaginative and creative films of these directors - John Ford, Frank Capra, Howard Hawks, Fred Zinnemann, Eliz Kazan, George Stevens - articluated issues, themes, and realities at the core of the Americn experience. In this provocative and original book, Sam Girgus offers a fresh look at films such as THE SEARCHERS, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, HIGH NOON, and ON THE WATEFRONT, and shows how they are part of the cultural and historical debate that examines, structures, and questions what modern America means to its people, the world, and history. . " Filmography. Index. About a dozen b/w photos - mostly movie stills. .