Little Caesar (Wisconsin / Warner Bros. Screenplays) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 029908454X ISBN 13: 9780299084547

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1981

Synopsis

    Little Caesar, a 1931 Hollywood gangster classic, is viewed in revivals today with nearly as much audience enthusiasm as it enjoyed a half-century ago, in the depths of the Great Depression.
    In general, the Hollywood film industry responded to the dark economic conditions of the 1930s with escapist and non-topical films. The fascinating exception was the gangster film, through which the studios joined in the debate over the spiritual and economic health of the nation. Little Caesar, considered by many to be an architype of the genre, is one of the most memorable dramatizations of the discontent and alienation, the deep anxiety and hostility shared by millions of Americans during those dark years.

About this title

About the Author

Tino Balio is professor emeritus of film in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and former director of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. He is author of United Artists, Volume 1, 1919–1950 and Volume 2, 1951–1978 as well as Grand Design: Hollywood as Modern Business Enterprise, 1930–1939. He is editor of The American Film Industry and Hollywood in the Age of Television.

From the Back Cover

This book is about a 1931 Hollywood gangster classic. The Hollywood film industry responded to the dark economic conditions of the 1930's with escapist and nontopical films.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 029908454X
• ISBN 13: 9780299084547
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 190
• Editor: Peary Gerald, Balio Tino