American Classic Screen Features - Softcover

John C. Tibbetts; James M. Welsh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810876787 ISBN 13: 9780810876781

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 2010

Synopsis

First appearing in 1976, American Classic Screen was the publishing arm of The National Film Society. Intended for scholars and general readers interested in films from the golden age of cinema and beyond, the magazine ran for a decade and included original interviews, profiles, and articles that delved deep into the rich history of Hollywood. Contributors to the magazine included noted academics in the area of film studies, as well as independent scholars and authors eager to expand the world of cinema. Since the periodical's demise, however, many of the essays and articles have been difficult to find--at best--and in some cases, entirely unavailable.In American Classic Screen Features, editors John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh have assembled some of the most significant and memorable essays and critical pieces written for the magazine over its ten-year history. This collection contains fascinating accounts of Hollywood history including articles on Marilyn Monroe's first screen test, John Ford's favorite film, Olivia De Havilland's lawsuit against Warner Bros., Walt Disney's unfinished projects, and Stanley Kubrick's early noir classics, as well as such articles as "The Rise and Fall of the California Motion Picture Company," "Red Alert: Images of Communism in Hollywood," "Uncensored Garbo," and "The Lost Movie of Errol Flynn." This volume also contains in-depth examinations of classic films, including Birth of a Nation, The Big Parade,The Jazz Singer, King Kong, and Citizen Kane. This compendium of essays recaptures the spirit and scholarship of that time and will appeal to both scholars and fans who have an abiding interest in the American motion picture industry.

About this title

About the Author:

John C. Tibbetts is Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies at the University of Kansas. He is the coauthor of The Encyclopedia of Novels into Film (2005) and author of Composers in the Movies (2005).

James M. Welsh is the cofounder of the journal Literature/Film Quarterly, coeditor of The Literature/Film Reader (2007) and coauthor of The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia (2010), both published by Scarecrow Press.

Review:

American Classic Screen Features is a collections of essays previously published in the periodical American Classic Screen, published from 1976 to 1984. The book contains essays within six content sections: actors and actresses, great pairs, directors, from silents to sounds, films and film history. (Communication Booknotes Quarterly 2011-07-01)

About this edition

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0810876787
• ISBN 13: 9780810876781
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344