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The University Press of Kentucky, 2009. Soft cover. New. New softcover. B&W Photographs. J. E. Smyth dramatically departs from the traditional understanding of the relationship between film and history. By looking at production records, scripts, and contemporary reviews, Smyth argues that certain classical Hollywood filmmakers were actively engaged in a self-conscious and often critical filmic writing of national history. Her volume is a major reassessment of American historiography and cinematic historians from the advent of sound to the beginning of wartime film production in 1942. Focusing on key films such as Cimarron (1931) , The Public Enemy (1931) , Scarface (1932) , Ramona (1936) , A Star Is Born (1937) , Jezebel (1938) , Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) , Gone with the Wind (1939) , Stagecoach (1939) , and Citizen Kane (1941) , Smyth explores historical cinema's connections to popular and academic historigraphy, historical fiction, and journalism, providing a rich context for the…
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- Title Reconstructing American Historical Cinema: From Cimarron to Citizen Kane
- Author J. E. Smyth
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
- Date 2009-07
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780813192390 / 0813192390
- Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 1.3 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 3.30 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Pop Culture
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.436
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