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"[These volumes] are endlessly absorbing as an excursion into cultural history and national memory." (Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.)
From Library Journal:
Any volume in the American Film Institute "Calalog" series is cause for applause and acquisition, and this one?the first to analyze a specific subject rather than all films in a given time span?is no exception. To select entries, editors combed previous volumes, Harrison's Reports, The Exhibitor, film archive databases and catalogs, and ethnic newspapers. Included are mainstream films from all genres as well as small-scale, non-Hollywood productions, e.g., Se?or Americano (1929), Kol Nidre (1939), and Paradise in Harlem (1940). Entries include title, ethnic group targeted, studio, release date, whether the film was in black and white or color, length, production credits, and cast. Detailed synopses are preceded by the subject, e.g., "Gangster, Biography" for Al Capone (1958) and "African Americans, World War II, Drama" for Home of the Brave (1949). Subsidiary subject entries follow. Where warranted, a Note indicates where the film was made and whether it was a remake, identifies the source of a poem used in the opening credits, or otherwise provides meaningful background. There are periodical review citations and five indexes: Chronological, Personal Name, Subject, Ethnic Category, and Foreign Language. Serious film collections in public and academic libraries will want this work, and general collections interested in multicultural materials may find it useful.?Kim R. Holston, American Inst. for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, Malvern, Pa.
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