General Information

Author/Creator

May, Lary.

Language

English.

Published

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 1983.

Physical Description

xv, 304 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Subject

Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States.

Popular culture > United States.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Lary May.

Content

1. The backdrop: Victorian America and amusements -- 2. Through a lens darkly: the decline of progress -- 3. Rescuing the family: urban progressivism and modern leisure -- 4. Apocalyptic cinema: D. W. Griffith and the aesthetics of reform -- 5. Revitalization: Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and the new personality, 1914-1918 -- 6. You are the star: the evolution of the theater palace, 1908-1929 -- 7. The new frontier: "Hollywood," 1914-1920 -- 8. Politics dissolved: Cecil B. DeMille and the consumer ideal, 1918-1929 -- Epilogue.

ISBN

0226511731

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	302.2/3 MAY		OSA Repository	Donation of School of Public Policy.

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