This title is about the emigration, careers and socio-cultural influence of British filmmakers moving to Hollywood in the studio era. It deals with some of the unknown and neglected emigres, as well as the leading lights who founded, initiated and ensured that American film beca…
Weary from the turbulent sixties, America entered the 1970s hoping for calm. Hollywood responded with stars that included Jane Fonda, Al Pacino, Faye Dunaway & Warren Beatty. This volume explores the american movie industry during the years 1970-1979.
"Most books about American film in the 1970s tell stories about iconoclastic auteurs working in the shadow of the Vietnam War. Stepping away from this tradition, Todd Berliner gives us a bold and compelling study of the strange, paradoxical narrative style of seventies films, wh…
Looking at iconic films including 'The Godfather', 'The French Connection', 'The Exorcist' 'Taxi Driver' and 'A Woman Under the Influence', this book argues that the narrative and stylistic innovations of the 1970s opened a new era in American cinema.
'Romantic Comedy' examines the history of the genre, considering the social and cultural context for key developments in new genre cycles.
"This collection of 15 essays examines the problem of Southern identity in film since the civil rights era. Fresh insights are provided on familiar topics, such as the redneck image, transitions to modernity and the prevalence of the Southern gothic. Other essays reflect the rei…
"This collection of 15 essays examines the problem of Southern identity in film since the civil rights era. Fresh insights are provided on familiar topics, such as the redneck image, transitions to modernity and the prevalence of the Southern gothic. Other essays reflect the rei…
"The Star System: Hollywood's Production of Popular Identities examines the development and changing organisation of the star system in the American film industry. Tracing the popularity of star performers from the early 'cinema of attractions' to the internet universe, Paul McD…
A World War II veteran and Hollywood gas station attendant describes how his good looks and open bisexuality culminated in liaisons with numerous celebrities, providing a chronicle of Hollywood's sexual underground in the 1940s and 1950s.
Newly discharged from the Marines after World War II, Scotty Bowers arrived in Hollywood in 1946. Young, charismatic, and strikingly handsome, he quickly caught the eye of many of the town's stars and starlets. He began sleeping with some himself, and connecting others with his …
