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Hollywood Family Film, The [electronic resource] : A History, from Shirley Temple to Harry Potter
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Noel.
- Series:
- Cinema and society series The Hollywood family film
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures--United States--History--21st century.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--History--21st century--United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Families in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures--United States--History--21st century.
- Motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (405 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : I.B.Tauris, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Hollywood family film is one of the most popular, commercially-successful and culturally significant forms of mass entertainment. This book is the first in-depth history of the Hollywood family film, tracing its development from its beginnings in the 1930s to its global box-office dominance today. Noel Brown shows how, far from being an innocuous amusement for children, the family film has always been intended for audiences of all ages and backgrounds. He tells the story of how Hollywood's ongoing preoccupation with breaking down the barriers that divide audiences has resulted in some of
- Contents:
- Cover; Author Biography; Series List; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; General Editor's Introduction; Introduction; 1 The Emergence of the Hollywood Family Feature, 1930-9; 2 Walt Disney and the Beginnings of Feature Animation; 3 The Middlebrow Family Film, 1940-53; 4 The Traditional Family Film in Decline, 1953-68; 5 The Independents: Pal, Harryhausen and Radnitz; 6 The Modern Family Film and the New Hollywood, 1977-95; 7 The Family Audience and the Global Media Environment; Conclusion; Notes; Select Filmography; Select Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-85773-267-6
- OCLC:
- 851315635
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