What Dreams Were Made of - Movie Stars of the 1940s

Informationen zum Autor Sean Griffin is an associate professor of the division of cinema-television at Southern Methodist University. He has written numerous books including Tinker Belles and Evil Queens, Queer Images, and America on Film, and he has edited a number of anthologies. Klappentext What Dreams Were Made Of examines the performers who helped define American cinema in the 1940s, a decade of rapid and repeated upheaval for Hollywood and the United States. Through insightful discussions of key films as well as studio publicity and fan magazines, the essays in this collection analyze how these actors and actresses helped lift spirits during World War II, whether in service comedies, combat films, or escapist musicals. Together, they represented the hopes and fears of a nation during turbulent times, enacting on the silver screen the dreams of millions of moviegoers.

Info autore

Sean Griffin is an associate professor of the division of cinema-television at Southern Methodist University. He has written numerous books including Tinker Belles and Evil Queens, Queer Images, and America on Film, and he has edited a number of anthologies.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sean Griffin, Sean (EDT) Griffin
• Con la collaborazione di: Sean Griffin (Editore)
• Editore: Rutgers University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.04.2011
• EAN: 9780813549637
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-4963-7
• Pagine: 268
• Serie: Star Decades: American Culture; Star Decades: American Culture/American Cinema; Star Decades: American Culture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV