American Cinema/American Culture looks at the interplay between American cinema and mass culture from the 1890s to 2011. It begins with an examination of the ba
During the 1920s, sound revolutionized the motion picture industry and cinema continued as one of the most significant and popular forms of mass entertainment i
An insight into the interplay between the film industry and mass culture in America, which examines the industry, its narrative conventions and cinematographic
The 1940s was a watershed decade for American cinema and the nation. Shaking off the grim legacy of the Depression, Hollywood launched an unprecedented wave of
The essays in American Cinema 1890-1909 explore and define how the making of motion pictures flowered into an industry that would finally become the central ent