| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Photographs -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Hollywood's Civil War -- Chapter 1 The Birth of Civil War Cinema -- Chapter 2 Victory Rode the Rails -- Chapter 3 The Romantic Era of Civil War Cinema -- Chapter 4 The House Divided -- Chapter 5 The Personal War -- Chapter 6 A War without Boundaries -- Chapter 7 The West's Civil War -- Chapter 8 Shiloh's Bloody Harvest -- Chapter 9 Confederates Raid Vermont -- Chapter 10 The Music Teacher Raids Mississippi -- Chapter 11 A Stomach for War -- Chapter 12 Enough Glory for All -- Chapter 13 The Angels of Gettysburg -- Chapter 14 The Plight of the Prisoners of War -- Chapter 15 The War and the Waves -- Epilogue: Screening the "Real War" -- Appendix A: Filmography -- Appendix B: Actors Who Wore the Blue -- Appendix C: Actors Who Wore the Gray -- Appendix D: The Best and Worst of Civil War Cinema -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Summary |
From Birth of a Nation to Cold Mountain, Hollywood has used the Civil War to create compelling cinema with each generation resolving the tug of war between entertainment value and historical accuracy differently. Wills looks at the portrayal of the war in film, explores their accuracy, how the films influenced each other, and how they reflect America's changing understandings of the conflict and of the nation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-225) and index |
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Includes filmography: pages 187-192 |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
War films -- United States -- History and criticism
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ART -- Film & Video.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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War and motion pictures
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War films
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Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865
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Kriegsfilm
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Motion pictures and the war.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140248
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781461739579 |
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1461739578 |
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1299444245 |
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9781299444249 |
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