Description |
1 online resource (x, 345 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Introduction: Red-tinted flickers of history -- 1. A red blur: the mixed message on class and radicalism in progressive era films, 1909-1917 -- 2. The red scourge on film: from wartime xenophobia to being in the vanguard of anti-Bolshevik hysteria, 1918-1920 -- 3. From the east to the east side: white flight from the red hordes to America, 1921-1929 -- About the Filmography: How to read the filmography -- Glossary of coding terms -- Yearly film totals, 1909-1929 -- Coding statistics, 1918-1920 -- Coding statistics, 1921-1929 -- Coding totals, 1909-1929 -- Predominant discernible biases, 1909-1917 -- Predominant discernible biases, 1918-1920 -- Predominant discernible biases, 1921-1929 -- Predominant discernible biases: totals, 1909-1929 -- The Filmography: Appendix 1: Selected foreign films released in the United States 1909-1915 -- Appendix 2: Topical American shorts, with coding, 1918-1920 -- Appendix 3: Selected American fictional shorts, 1921-1927 |
Summary |
Choice Outstanding Academic Title. ""Unique ... valuable ... recommended""--Library Journal; ""detailed ... a stunning achievement""--Choice; ""fascinating ... will be of value""--ARBA; ""excellent ... wonderful""--Film & History; ""documents more than 400 American features and short subjects""--Classic Images |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-331) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Silent films -- United States -- History and criticism
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Politics in motion pictures.
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Working class in motion pictures.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Politics in motion pictures
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Silent films
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Working class in motion pictures
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781476611037 |
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1476611033 |
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