The American War Film: History and Hollywood by McAdams, Frank

The American War Film: History and Hollywood (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275968717)

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The American War Film: History and Hollywood by McAdams, Frank

The American War Film: History and Hollywood

$100.00
The American War Film: History and Hollywood by McAdams, Frank

The American War Film: History and Hollywood

$100.00
Format: Hardcover
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McAdams provides the first extensive synthesis of American and world history with the war film genre. He demonstrates how the war film reflects the currents of history of the time with actual events portrayed and in dramatic plot points.

Beginning with IThe Birth of a Nation R in 1915, McAdams weaves the development of Hollywood, the larger socioeconomic and political events of the time with the way war was and is portrayed in American film. In wartime he shows the struggle between propaganda and patriotism on the one side and the desire of many directors and film people to portray war as they came to know it on the other. He concludes with IPearl Harbor R and Hollywood's search for historical film blockbusters. A fascinating survey for film and American military history scholars and students as well as the general public interested in American film in context.

Author: Frank McAdams
ISBN-10: 0275968715
ISBN-13: 9780275968717
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2002
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.04w x 1.34d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2003 pg. 1190
By Frank McAdams
By Frank McAdams
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FRANK McADAMS is Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinema/TV at the University of Southern California and an instructor in the screenwriting programs of the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Irvine. He also is the recipient of two Sam Goldwyn screenwriting awards.

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