{"product_id":"pack-up-your-troubles-barry-putterman-9781736776254","title":"Pack Up Your Troubles: Some American Films from 1932 (Volume 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year 1932 was a critical point in American history. The Great Depression was in full swing, and the clock was running down on the final year of a presidential administration that had long since exhausted its supply of ineffectual remedies to the financial crisis that was even now slouching its way toward absolute rock bottom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, the country's mood had reached its emotional and psychological nadir. With no coherent alternative offering hope of redemption, there existed the palpable anxiety that the entire social fabric of the nation could unravel. And the Hollywood films of that year reflected that national nervousness and uncertainty in ways both direct and unexpected, expressing it with an aesthetic depth and conviction that was just beginning to blossom within the new medium of talking pictures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt this point in time, the American film industry, which had successfully come out the other end of its awkward transition from silent to sound film, was confidently, even swaggeringly exploring its freshly discovered pathways in cinematic grammar-and the greater freedom of expression possible during the \"pre-Code\" era opened new avenues for movie studios to capture and explore the distraught national climate with more realistic detail than ever before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished across three volumes, \u003ci\u003ePack Up Your Troubles: Some American Films from 1932\u003c\/i\u003e takes a long, deep look at the many recurring themes and attitudes explored by American films in their multifaceted embodiment of this crucial cultural moment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnlike the majority of such studies, which focus narrowly on a predetermined set of themes and select from a finite collection of moments taken out of context from their source films, this study is centered expansively on the vast diversity within the body of films themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrouped into sixteen thematic chapters, each film is examined from beginning to end, revealing itself through the developing analysis, creating a multidimensional view of the theme being explored. Each chapter leads logically to the next, ultimately creating a comprehensive overview of this crucial moment in time as viewed by our nation's movies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePack Up Your Troubles\u003c\/i\u003e was written not only for fans of 1930s films but for all those interested in the history of the Hollywood studio system in general. It is a straightforward, non-academic exploration of a unique period in filmmaking that also carries the depth and breadth of analysis necessary to make it a work worth inclusion in American film history studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Putterman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736776258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736776254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Glass Spider Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d","brand":"Barry Putterman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130055192831,"sku":"9781736776254","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a3ef242-9f50-4aa3-90e6-34236ec5dc56.jpg?v=1687467312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pack-up-your-troubles-barry-putterman-9781736776254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}