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Author:

Smyth, J. E., 1977-

Title:

Reconstructing American historical cinema : from Cimarron to Citizen Kane / J. E. Smyth.

Publisher:

University Press of Kentucky,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiii, 447 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Historical films--United States--History and criticism.
Motion pictures and history.
Films historiques--États-Unis--Histoire et critique.
Cinéma et histoire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-433) and index.

Contents:

Index. Acknowledgments -- Introduction : toward a filmic writing of history in classical Hollywood -- 10. A 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.

ISBN:

0813124069 (alk. paper)
9780813124063 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006020064

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)