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America in the dark : Hollywood and the gift of unreality / David Thomson.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomson, David, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- United States.
- Motion pictures--Social aspects.
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History.
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).
- California--Los Angeles--Hollywood.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Morrow, 1977.
- Summary:
- Refers to dozens of specific films in discussing the influence of Hollywood on our culture.
- Contents:
- A child's garden of Hollywood
- The system
- The artists
- The audience
- Orson Welles and Citizen Kane
- Man and the mean street
- Woman's realm and man's castle
- America in the dark
- Blandness and difficulty.
- Notes:
- Filmography: pages 265-274.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Thomson, David, 1941- America in the dark.
- ISBN:
- 0688032109
- 9780688032104
- OCLC:
- 2875667
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