{"product_id":"movie-love-in-the-fifties-james-harvey-9780306811777","title":"Movie Love in the Fifties","description":"\"What I set out to do is to help you see movies better, to experience them more deeply and sharply and richly,\" says James Harvey. And his critical method-reading a movie moment by moment, scene by scene-reveals new layers of meaning in even the most familiar films. See how 1940s film noir evolves into 1950s melodrama; how the femme fatale of the 1940s (think Barbara Stanwyck) becomes blander and blonder (think Doris Day) and then younger and sexier (yes, Marilyn); and how the new boy-men-Clift, Brando, Dean-finally steal the show. Harvey also discusses the directors: Hitchcock, Ophuls, Kazan, Welles. Comprehensive, vivid, and charismatic, Movie Love in the Fifties is a fresh look at the films, directors, and actors of a dynamic decade. \"Whether he's escorting us through Nicholas Ray's Bitter Victory, Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life, Orson Welles's Magnificent Ambersons, or any one of a dozen other great films from the period, Harvey lends us an astuteness of analysis and a power of observation that we couldn't have had on our own.\" -- Wendy Lesser, \u003ci\u003e The American Prospect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Harvey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0306811774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306811777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/22\/2002 pg. 24","brand":"James Harvey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992920359167,"sku":"9780306811777","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32afbfd9-f8c5-459b-b392-7fc3d5a4f83c.jpg?v=1683321540","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/movie-love-in-the-fifties-james-harvey-9780306811777","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}