History on Film

Berenstein, Rhona J. Attack of the leading ladies : gender, sexuality, and spectatorship in classic horror cinema New York : Columbia University Press, 1996. NOTES: 274 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Filmography: p. [237]-246. Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-258) and index. SUBJECTS: Horror films -- History and criticism. Sex role in motion pictures. Motion picture audiences. CALL #: PN1995.9.H6 B48 1996 DESCRIPTION: focuses on 1930s horror films and issues of spectatorship and an argument that the observer adopts the gender attributes of the central figure.

Bergman, Andrew. We're in the money: depression America and its films. New York, Harper & Row 1971, 1972 NOTES: 200 p. illus. 24 cm. Bibliography: p. [187]-193. SUBJECTS: Motion pictures -- United States -- History. Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

Bernardi, Daniel, ed. The birth of whiteness : race and the emergence of U.S. cinema New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1996. NOTES: 378 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-362) and index. SUBJECTS: Minorities in motion pictures. Racism in motion pictures. Race relations in motion pictures. Silent films -- United States -- History and criticism. CALL #: PN1995.9.M56 B57 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Bernstein, Matthew. Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. NOTES: 464 p.: ill.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-432) and index. Filmography: p. 433-448. SUBJECTS: Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968. Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: PN1998.3.W345 B47 1994 DESCRIPTION: discusses Foreign Correspondent (1940), Queen Christina (1933), The President Vanishes (1935), Gabriel Over the White House (1933), Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), I Want to Live! (1958)

Biskind, Peter. Seeing is believing : how Hollywood taught us to stop worrying and love the fifties. New York : Pantheon Books, 1983. NOTES: 371 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. SUBJECTS: Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- United States. Motion pictures -- United States -- History. CALL #: PN1995.9.P6 B57 1983 DESCRIPTION:

Black, Gregory D. Hollywood Censored : morality codes, Catholics, and the movies. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. NOTES: Series title: Cambridge studies in the history of mass communications. SUBJECTS: - CALL #: PN1995.5 .B49 1994 DESCRIPTION:

Bogle, Donald. Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Blacks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Film, 3rd ed. New York: Continuum, 1973, 1994 paper. NOTES: 390 p.: ill.; index. SUBJECTS: Afro-Americans in motion pictures. Motion pictures -- United States -- History. CALL #: PN1995.9.N4 B6 1994 DESCRIPTION:

Bogle, Donald. Blacks in American Films and Television: an encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1988. NOTES: 510 p.: ill.; bibliography: p. xvii-xix and index. Series: Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 604. SUBJECTS: Afro-Americans in motion pictures. Afro-American entertainers -- Biography -- Dictionaries. Afro-Americans in the motion picture industry. Afro-Americans in television broadcasting. Motion pictures -- United States -- Plots, themes, etc. Afro-Americans in television CALL #: PN1995.9.N4 B58 1988 DESCRIPTION:

Bonanno, Margaret Wander. Angela Lansbury a Biography. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. NOTES: 225 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. SUBJECTS: Lansbury, Angela, 1925- Actors -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: 792.028 DESCRIPTION: was born Oct. 16, 1925 in London; mother Mayna MacGill was stage actress from several generations of stage performers; father George.

Bordwell, David and Janet Staiger and Kristin Thompson. Classical Hollywood Cinema, The: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960. NY: Columbia University Press, 1985, paper. NOTES: 506 p., [128] p. of plates: ill.; bibliography: p. 480-491 and index. SUBJECTS: Motion picture industry -- United States -- History. Motion pictures -- United States -- History. Motion pictures -- Aesthetics. CALL #: PN1993.5.U6 B655 1985 DESCRIPTION: seminal work on the Classical Hollywood film style.

Bridges, Herb. The Filming of Gone with the Wind. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1984. NOTES: 283 p. : ill. ; 32 cm. SUBJECTS: Gone with the wind. Motion picture. CALL #: PN1997.G59 B74 1984 Oversize DESCRIPTION:

Bridges, Herb and Terryl C. Boodman. Gone with the Wind: the Definitive Illustrated History of the Book, the Movie, and the Legend. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1989. NOTES: 244 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. SUBJECTS: Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 Gone with the wind. Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 -- Film and video adaptations. Gone with the wind. Motion picture. Historical fiction, American -- Film and video adaptations. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Motion pictures and the war. CALL #: PN1997.G59 B76 1989 DESCRIPTION:

Bright, Randy. Disneyland : Inside Story. 1987 (out-of-print) NOTES: - SUBJECTS: - CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

Brode, Douglas. The Films of Dustin Hoffman. Secaucus, N.J.: Citadel Press, 1983. Paper reprint 1988. NOTES: 224 p.: ill.; 29 cm. SUBJECTS: Hoffman, Dustin, 1937-. Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: PN 2287 H56 B76 1983 DESCRIPTION:

Carnes, Mark C., ed. Past Imperfect: History according to the Movies. NY: Holt, 1995, paper. NOTES: 304 p.: ill.; bibliographical references and index. SUBJECTS: Historical films -- History and criticism. Motion pictures and history. CALL #: PN1995.9.H5 P37 1995 DESCRIPTION: collection of essays that examine over 100 films. The best essays that are critical include Leon Litwack on Birth of a Nation, William Chafe on Mississippi Burning, Clayborne Carson on Malcolm X, Alvin Josephy on They Died With Their Boots On. However, many of the essays are positive about the historical content and impact of films (these positive essays were overlooked by Michiko Kakutani's cynical review of the book in the New York Times, Nov. 14, 1992, p. B2). These essays include James McPherson on Glory, Catherine Clinton on GWTW, Stephen Ambrose on The Longest Day, Paul Fussell on Patton, Joyce Antler on Hester Street, Christine Stansell on Reds, Paul Boyer on Dr. Strangelove, William Leuchtenberg on All the President's Men.

Cayleff, Susan E. Babe: the life and legend of Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1995. NOTES: 327 p., [16] p. of plates: ill.; bibliographical references (p. [267]-310) and index. Series: Women in American history. SUBJECTS: Women golfers -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: GV964.Z3 C39 1995 DESCRIPTION:

Chambers II, John Whiteclay and David Culbert, eds. World War II, Film, and History. NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. NOTES: 187 p.: ill., maps ; bibliographical references (p. 163-168) and index. SUBJECTS: World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war. CALL #: D743.23 .W67 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Chambers, John W. and David Culbert. World War II, film, and history. New York : Oxford University Press, 1996 NOTES: 187 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-168) and index. SUBJECTS: World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war. CALL #: D743.23 .W67 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Champlin, Charles. John Frankenheimer: a Conversation. Burbank, Calif.: Riverwood Press, 1995. NOTES: 241 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-232) and index. Videography: p.213-226; additional research and text by Lisa Mitchell ; filmography by Karl Thiede. Notes: "This volume of interviews...was commissioned in 1993 by Director's Guild of America Special Projects..."--P. vii SUBJECTS: Frankenheimer, John, 1930- Motion picture producers and directors -- Interviews. CALL #: PN1998.3.F7 C43 1995 DESCRIPTION:

Charyn, Jerome. Movieland: Hollywood and the Great American Dream Culture. New York : Putnam, 1989; New York University Press, 1996. NOTES: 304 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-294) and index. SUBJECTS: Charyn, Jerome. Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- History. CALL #: PN1993.5.U65 C49 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Cockburn, Andrew and Leslie. One point safe New York : Anchor Books, 1997. NOTES: 288 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. SUBJECTS: Nuclear weapons -- Russia (Federation). Nuclear weapons plants -- Russia (Federation) -- Security measures. Smuggling -- Russia (Federation) CALL #: DESCRIPTION: is the book about "nuclear leakage" from Russia of nuclear material and weapons such as the 84 portable "suitcase bombs" that have disappeared from Russian inventories according to Gen. Alexander Lebed in 1997. This book helped inspire the film "The Peacemaker" about the theft of a Russian ICBM. However, big rockets are the least likely weapon to be stolen in Russia, and Russian security forces would be able to intercept a truck on a narrow road in the Urals without US intervention.

Condon, Richard. The Manchurian Candidate. New York: New American Library, 1960, 1959. NOTES: 351 p.; 18 cm. A Signet book novel. SUBJECTS: CALL #: PS3553.O487 M4 XX DESCRIPTION: is also the author of the novels The Oldest Profession (1958) and Prizzi's Honor (1982) and Prizzi's Family (1986).

Couvares, Francis G., ed. Movie censorship and American culture Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. NOTES: 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. SUBJECTS: Motion pictures -- Censorship -- United States. Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects. CALL #: 363.31 M935 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Coyne, Michael. The Crowded Prairie: American national identity in the Hollywood western. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; [New York : distributed by St. Martin's Press], 1997. NOTES: 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Filmography: p. 212-219. Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-233) and index. SUBJECTS: Western films -- History and criticism. National characteristics, American, in motion pictures. CALL #: PN1995.9.W4 C69 1997 DESCRIPTION:

Cripps, Thomas. Hollywood's High Noon: Moviemaking & Society before Television. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997, paper. NOTES: 270 p., [8] p. of plates: ill.; bibliographical references (p. [235]-257) and index. Series: The American moment. SUBJECTS: Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States. Motion pictures -- United States -- History. CALL #: PN1995.9.S6 C73 1997 DESCRIPTION:

Cripps, Thomas. Making Movies Black: the Hollywood Message movie from World War II to the Civil Rights Era. New York : Oxford University Press, 1993. NOTES: 382 p.: ill.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-369) and index. SUBJECTS: Afro-Americans in the motion picture industry. CALL #: PN1995.9.N4 C687 1993 DESCRIPTION: continues Cripps' previous Slow Fade to Black history, discusses films such as The Negro Soldier, The Quiet One, Body and Soul, Pinky, No Way Out, Song of the South, The Jackie Robinson Story, Sergeant Rutledge, Bataan, Sahara, Lifeboat

Cripps, Thomas. Slow fade to Black: the Negro in American Film, 1900-1942. New York : Oxford University Press, 1977. NOTES: 447 p.: ill.; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. SUBJECTS: Afro-Americans in the motion picture industry. Afro-Americans in motion pictures. CALL #: PN1995.9 .N4C7 DESCRIPTION:

DeBauche, Leslie Midkiff. Reel patriotism : the movies and World War I Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1997. NOTES: 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-239) and index. SERIES: Wisconsin studies in film. NOTE: Revision of the author's thesis presented at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. SUBJECTS: World War, 1914-1918 -- Motion pictures and the war. Motion pictures -- United States -- History. War films -- United States -- History and criticism. CALL #: D522.23 .D43 1997 DESCRIPTION:

Dick, Bernard F. Star Spangled Screen: The American World War II Film. University of Kentucky Press, 1985, paper NOTES: 304 p. SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

Doherty, Thomas. Projections of War: Hollywood, American Culture and World War II. NY: Columbia University Press, 1993. NOTES: 364 p.; illus; notes and index. SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION: films were a powerful influence, had a pluralistic vision of society, and rivaled books as the most powerful interpreter of American memory. While Clayton Koppes and Gregory Black emphasize the government influence and propaganca, this book emphazises Hollywood's own role.

Dorfman, Ariel and Armand Mattelart. How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic. NY: International General, 1975. NOTES: 112 p.: ill.; Notes: Translation of: Para leer al Pato Donald. Bibliography: p. [100]-112. SUBJECTS: Walt Disney Productions. Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism. Propaganda, Capitalist.1. (continued) Propaganda, American CALL #: PN6714 .D613 DESCRIPTION:

Dyson, Michael Eric. Making Malcolm: the myth and meaning of Malcolm X. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. NOTES: 215 p.; bibliographical references (p. 185-202) and index. SUBJECTS: - CALL #: BP223.Z8 L573338 1995 DESCRIPTION:

Eells, George. Hedda and Louella. New York, Putnam 1972 NOTES: 360 p. ports. 22 cm. SUBJECTS: Hopper, Hedda, 1890-1966. Parsons, Louella Oettinger, 1885- CALL #: PN4874.H64 E3 DESCRIPTION: is source of film "Malice in Wonderland" made-for-TV film in 1985 with Elizabeth Taylor as Louella Parsons and Jane Alexander as Hedda Hopper, including the dispute over whether or not Citizen Kane was W. R. Hearst

Eliot, Marc. Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince. NY: HarperCollins, 1993, paper. NOTES: 372 p.; sources notes and index. SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION: describes well the rise of Disney but overemphasizes the psychological interpretation. See the Steven Watts 1995 article in Journal of American History for better interpretation of Disney as modernist and populist.

Fjellman, Stephen M. Vinyl leaves : Walt Disney World and America. Boulder : Westview Press, 1992. NOTES: 492 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. SERIES: Institutional structures of feeling. SUBJECTS: Walt Disney World (Fla.) -- Finance. Walt Disney World (Fla.) -- History. Leisure industry -- United States -- Case studies. Popular culture -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Case studies. CALL #: 381.45 F567v DESCRIPTION:

Frazier, Kendrick and Barry Karr and Joe Nickell, eds. UFO Invasion, The: The Roswell Incident, Alien Abductions, and Government Coverups. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1997. NOTES: 303 pages (April 1997) ; ISBN: 1573921319; amazon.com $18.17 SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

French, Sean The Terminator. London : BFI Publishing, 1996. NOTES: 72 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. SERIES: BFI modern classics. SUBJECTS: Cameron, James, 1954- Terminator (Motion picture) Motion pictures -- United States -- History and criticism. CALL #: PN1997.T395 F74 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Fuller, Kathryn H. At the picture show : small-town audiences and the creation of movie fan culture. Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. NOTES: 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-240) and index. SUBJECTS: Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States. Motion picture audiences -- Psychology. City and town life -- United States -- History. CALL #: PN1993.5.U6 F77 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Gabler, Neal. Empire of their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. 1988 NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: PN1993.5 .U65 .G28 1988 DESCRIPTION:

Gehring, Wes D., foreword by Steve Bell. Populism and the Capra legacy. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995. NOTES: 129 p.: ill.; bibliographical references (p. 121-126) and filmography p. 115-119 and index.. Series: Contributions to the study of popular culture ISSN: 0198-9871; no. 44. SUBJECTS: Capra, Frank, 1897- -- Criticism and interpretation. Howard, Ron -- Criticism and interpretation. Populist films -- United States -- History and criticism. CALL #: PN1995.9.P64 G44 1995 DESCRIPTION: not very good on the concept of populism. "Sets the comedy films of Frank Capra (1897-1991) firmly in the populist tradition of Will Rogers during the 1930s and 1950s, shows how populism came under attack during the McCarthy era, explores a film movement that built on Capra's legacy in the 1970s and 1990s, and profiles Ron Howard as a contemporary example of pushing Capra's principles into new areas."

Gordon, William A. Shot on This Site : A Traveler's Guide to the Places and Locations Used to Film Famous Movies and TV Shows Citadel Press, 1995. NOTES: 274 pages; ISBN: 080651647X; amazon.com paperback $12.76 SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION: describes locations where 900 movies and 90 TV shows were filmed, such as Mt. Rushmore in "North by Northwest"

Gray, Mike. Angle of attack : Harrison storms and the race to the moon New York : W.W. Norton, 1992. NOTES: 304 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-293) and index. SUBJECTS: Storms, Harrison A. Aerospace engineers -- United States -- Biography. Space shuttles -- Design and construction -- History. Space flight to the moon -- History. CALL #: TL789.85.S76 G73 1992 DESCRIPTION:

Grindon, Leger. Shadows on the Past: studies in the historical fiction film. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994, paper. NOTES: 250 p.: ill.; bibliographical references (p. 227-244) and index. Series: Culture and the moving image. SUBJECTS: Historical films -- History and criticism. Motion pictures -- Political aspects. CALL #: PN1995.9.H5 G75 1994 DESCRIPTION: Examines 5 films:

Hadley-Garcia, George. Hispanic Hollywood: the Latins in Motion Pictures. NY: Carol Pub. Group, 1990. NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: PN1998.2 .H34 1990 DESCRIPTION:

Halberstam, David. Powers That Be, The New York : Dell Pub. Co., 1979. NOTES: 1071 p. ; 18 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 1035-1040. SUBJECTS: Press and politics -- United States. CALL #: PN4888.P6 H3 1980 DESCRIPTION: focuses on the rise of 4 media empires: CBS, Time, Inc., Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, from the era of FDR after 1933 to the 1970s, including Watergate and Bernstein's pre-Watergate reputation as "the office screw-up" that was omitted from the film "All the President's Men"

Hamburg, Eric, ed. Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film. NY: Hyperion, 1995, paper. NOTES: 566 p.: ill.; Notes: "Includes the original screenplay by Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, and Oliver Stone." bibliographical references (p. [313]-318). SUBJECTS: Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913- Nixon (Motion picture) CALL #: PN1997.N5234 O44 1995 DESCRIPTION: long and very critical review by Ambrose cites specific examples of mistakes in the Oliver Stone film Nixon.

Hancock, Ralph and Letitia Fairbanks. Douglas Fairbanks, the Fourth Musketeer. London: Peter Davies, 1953. NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: PN2287 .F3 H3 DESCRIPTION:

Harmetz, Aljean. On the Road to Tara: the Making of Gone with the Wind. New York : H.N. Abrams, 1996. NOTES: 224 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 219) and index. SUBJECTS: Gone with the wind. Motion picture. CALL #: PN1997.G59 H36 1996 Oversize DESCRIPTION:

Harwell, Richard, ed. Gone with the Wind as Book and Film. Columbia, S.C. University of South Carolina Press, 1983. NOTES: 274 p., [22] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [254]-260. SUBJECTS: Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 Gone with the wind. Gone with the wind. Motion picture. Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography. Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism. Historical fiction, American -- Adaptations. Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war. Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Motion pictures and the war. CALL #: PS3525.I972 G683 1983 DESCRIPTION:

Herndon, Booton. Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks: the Most Popular Couple the World Has Ever Known. NY: Norton, 1977. NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: PN2287 .F3 H4 1977 DESCRIPTION:

Higashi, Sumiko. Cecil B. DeMille and American Culture: the silent era. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. NOTES: 264 p.: ill.; bibliographical references (p. 209-252) and filmography: p. 205-208 and index. SUBJECTS: DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959 -- Criticism and interpretation. CALL #: PN1998.3.D39 H54 1994 DESCRIPTION:

Hillier, Jim and PeterWollen, eds. Howard Hawks, American artist London : BFI Publishing, 1996. NOTES: 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Filmography: p. 231-240. Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-246) and index. SUBJECTS: Hawks, Howard -- Criticism and interpretation. Motion picture producers and directors -- United States. CALL #: PN1998.3.H38 H68 1996 DESCRIPTION:

James, David E. Allegories of Cinema: American Film in the Sixties. Princeton: Princeto UP, 1989. NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

Jancovich, Mark. Rational fears : American horror in the 1950s Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1996. NOTES: 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-317) and index. SUBJECTS: Horror films -- History and criticism. CALL #: PN1995.9.H6 J37 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Jenkins, Henry. What Made Pistachio Nuts? Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic. NY: Columbia University Press, 1992, paper. NOTES: 336 p.; 32 p. of plates; illus.; notes and index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-324) and index. Series: Film and culture. SUBJECTS: Comedy films -- History and criticism. CALL #: PN1995.9.C55 J46 1992 DESCRIPTION: Early sound comedy was derived from vaudeville and a historic "performance tradition"; it was not a new "anarchistic" comedy derived from the depression.

Jewell, Derek. Frank Sinatra: a Celebration. London : Pavilion in association with Michael Joseph, 1985. NOTES: 192 p.: ill., ports.; 29 cm., with a film commentary by George Perry. Notes: Filmography: p. 181-192. Discography: p. 144-148. SUBJECTS: Sinatra, Frank, 1915- Singers -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: ML420.S565 J48 1985b DESCRIPTION:

Jowett, Garth. Children and the Movies: Media Influence and the Payne Fund Controversy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. NOTES: Series title: Cambridge studies in the history of mass communications. SUBJECTS: - CALL #: PN1995.9.C45 C373 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Jowett, Garth. Film. 1976 NOTES: SUBJECTS: - CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

Kendall, Elizabeth. Runaway Bride: Hollywood's Romantic Comedies of the 1930s. New York: Knopf, 1990. NOTES: 285 p.: ill.; bibliographical references (p. [273]-274) and index. SUBJECTS: Comedy films -- United States -- History and criticism. CALL #: PN1995.9.C55 K38 1990 DESCRIPTION:

Klass, Philip J. Real Roswell crashed-saucer coverup, The. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1997. NOTES: 240 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Includes index. SUBJECTS: Unidentified flying objects -- Sightings and encounters -- New Mexico -- Roswell. Government information -- United States. CALL #: TL789.5.N6 K58 1997 DESCRIPTION:

Klein, Norman M. Seven Minutes: the life and death of the American animated cartoon. New York : Verso, 1993. NOTES: 284 p.: ill.; bibliographical references (p. 255-273) and index. SUBJECTS: Animated films -- United States -- History. CALL #: NC1766.U5 K54 1993 DESCRIPTION:

Koppes, Clayton R. and Gregory D. Black. Hollywood Goes to War: How Politics and Propaganda Shaped World War II Movies. NY: Free Press, 1987, paper. NOTES: 374 p., 12 p. of plates: ill.; bibliography: p. 359-363 and index. SUBJECTS: World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war. Motion pictures in propaganda -- United States -- History. Motion pictures -- Censorship -- United States. CALL #: D743.23 .K66 1987 DESCRIPTION:

Lambert, Gavin. GWTW; the Making of Gone with the Wind. Boston: Little, Brown,1973 NOTES: 238 p. illus. 22 cm. Bibliography: p. [227]-230. "An Atlantic Monthly Press book." SUBJECTS: Gone with the wind. Motion picture. CALL #: PN1997.G59 L3 DESCRIPTION:

Lang, Robert, ed. The Birth of a Nation: D.W. Griffith, Director. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1994. NOTES: 310 p.: ill.; filmography (p. 295-304); bibliographical references (p. 305-310). Series: Rutgers films in print ; v. 21. SUBJECTS: Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948 -- Criticism and interpretation. Birth of a nation (Motion picture) CALL #: PN1997.B553 B57 1994 DESCRIPTION: has reviews and newspaper accounts up to 1990s, similar to Fred Silva in Focus on The Birth of a Nation (1971)

Leaming, Barbara. Orson Welles, a biography. New York: Viking, 1985. NOTES: 562 p., [8] p. of plates: ill.; bibliography p. 515-538 and index. SUBJECTS: Welles, Orson, 1915-. Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: PN1998.A3 W447 1985 DESCRIPTION:

Lenburg, Jeff. Dustin Hoffman, Hollywood's Anti-hero. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. NOTES: 172 p., 6 leaves of plates: ports.; 22 cm. Includes index. Filmography: p. 157-164. Bibliography: p. 165-166. SUBJECTS: Hoffman, Dustin, 1937-. Actors -- United States -- Biography. Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Biography. CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

Levine, Lawrence. Unpredictable Past, The: Explorations in American Cultural History. NY: Oxford, 1993, paper. NOTES: 372 p.; 26 halftone illus. SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION: shows that popular culture is polysemic, capable of multiple sigfnificance. "A new look at America by one of our most important historians. In this brilliant new collection of essays, Levine discusses American history and historiography at large, African-American culture, and the Great Depression during which film, radio, photography, and even the comic strip emerged as significant manifestations of a changing American popular culture.

Lewis, Jon. Whom God wishes to destroy: Francis Coppola and the new Hollywood. Durham : Duke University Press, 1995. NOTES: 194 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-184) and index. SUBJECTS: Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939- -- Criticism and interpretation. CALL #: PN1998.3.C69 L48 1995 DESCRIPTION:

Loshitzky, Yosefa , ed. Spielberg's Holocaust : critical perspectives on Schindler's list. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1997. NOTES: 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. SUBJECTS: Schindler's list (Motion picture) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures. CALL #: PN1997.S3133 S65 1997 DESCRIPTION:

Lynn, Kenneth Schuyler. Charlie Chaplin and his times New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997. NOTES: 604 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-572) and index. SUBJECTS: Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977. Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography. Comedians -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: 791.43028 C464L 1997 DESCRIPTION:

Mackey-Kallis, Susan. Oliver Stone's America: dreaming the myth outward. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996. NOTES: 166 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Filmography: p. 155-159. Series: Film studies. SUBJECTS: Stone, Oliver -- Criticism and interpretation. CALL #: PN1998.3.S76 M33 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Maland, Charles J. American Visions: the Films of Chaplin, Ford, Capra, and Welles, 1936-1941. NY: Arno, 1977. NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: Pn1993.5 U6 M229 1977 DESCRIPTION:

Marks, John D. The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate": the CIA and Mind Control. New York: Times Books, 1979. NOTES: 242 p. ; 24 cm. Includes index. SUBJECTS: United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Behavior modification. CALL #: JK468.I6 M4 1979 DESCRIPTION:

Mast, Gerald, ed. Movies in Our Midst. 1982 NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

May, Larry. Screening Out the Past. NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

May, Larry, ed. Recasting America. NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

McBride, Joseph. Orson Welles, revised and expanded edition. NY: Da Capo, 1972, 1996 paper. NOTES: illus., ports., bibliography and filmography. SUBJECTS: Welles, Orson, 1915- CALL #: PN1998.A3 W45 DESCRIPTION:

McCabe, John. Cagney. NOTES: SUBJECTS: - CALL #: - DESCRIPTION: "This is a good opportunity for a clear-eyed reconsideration of this genuinely iconic American figure, and John McCabe strives to provide one in "Cagney," the first biography of the actor to be published since a wave of celebratory Cagney books appeared in his final years."

McCarthy, Todd. Howard Hawks : the grey fox of Hollywood. New York : Grove Press, 1997. NOTES: 756 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Filmography: p. 667-690. Includes bibliographical references (p. 713-721) and index. SUBJECTS: Hawks, Howard, 1896- Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: 791.430233 H395m 1997 DESCRIPTION:

McCulley, Johnston. The Curse of Capistrano. NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION: the novel on which the 1920 film "Mark of Zorro" was based, serialized in "All-Story Weekly" in 1919.

Menzel, Donald H. and Ernest H. Taves. UFO Enigma, The : the definitive explanation of the UFO phenomenon. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1977. NOTES: 297 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. SUBJECTS: Unidentified flying objects. CALL #: TL789 .M458 DESCRIPTION:

Meyers, Jeffrey. Bogart: A Life in Hollywood. NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1997, NOTES: 369 pp. SUBJECTS: - CALL #: - DESCRIPTION:

Miller, Mark Crispin, ed. Seeing Through Movies. Pantheon, 1990. NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

Milner, E.R. Lives and Times of Bonnie and Clyde. Southern Illinois Press, 1995. NOTES: 168 p.; illus.; bibliography and index. SUBJECTS: CALL #: - DESCRIPTION: "Milner (history and government, Tarrant College) uncovers new information in primary source interviews, personal memoirs, newspaper articles, official records, diaries, and letters, to once again tell the story of the infamous lover/outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. The romance and mythology surrounding Bonnie and Clyde have led to a number of books, articles, and also films. This account seeks to discover the reality in the myth, but nevertheless remains infused by the all-too-prevalent fascination with violence which is more difficult to adequately explain." (by Book News)

Milton, Joyce. Tramp : the life of Charlie Chaplin. New York : HarperCollins, 1996. NOTES: 578 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [527]-551) and index. SUBJECTS: Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977. Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography. Comedians -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: PN2287.C5 M49 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Modleski, Tania. The Women Who Knew Too Much. NOTES: - SUBJECTS: - CALL #: - DESCRIPTION: "Modleski takes Mulvey to task in an examination of Hitchcock's films, particularly noting the ways in which the male gaze is reformulated/reconfigured in many of them." (Dave Blakesley)

Molt, Cynthia Marylee; with a foreword by Butterfly McQueen.. Gone with the Wind on Film: a Complete Reference. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 1990. NOTES: 512 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. SUBJECTS: Gone with the wind. Motion picture. CALL #: PN1997.G59 M6 1990 DESCRIPTION:

Monteath, Peter, comp. The Spanish Civil War in Literature, Film, and Art: an International Bibliography of Secondary Literature. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994. NOTES: 129 p.; Includes index. Series: Bibliographies and indexes in world literature ISSN: 0742-6801 ; no. 43. SUBJECTS: Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Literature and the war -- Bibliography. Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Motion pictures and the war -- Bibliography. Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Art and the war -- Bibliography. CALL #: DP 269.8 .L5z M66 1994 DESCRIPTION: discusses films about the Spanish Civil War such as For Whom the Bell Tollls, and art such as Guernica, and photos of Robert Capa

Morgan, Dan. Rising in the West: The True Story of an "Okie" Family From the Great Depression Through the Reagan Years. New York: Knopf, 1992, paper. NOTES: 532 p.: ill., maps; bibliographical references (p. [529]-532). SUBJECTS: Tatum family. Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Rural families -- United States -- History -- 20th century. United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945. United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- CALL #: CT274.T39 M67 1992 DESCRIPTION: True story of the Tatham family from Oklahoma that migrated to California in the 1930s, but unlike Steinbeck's stereotype Joad family, do not become migrant farmers but instead acquire wealth and prestige and adopt conservative and fundamentalist beliefs; winner of a LA Times Book Prize for History.

Mosley, Leonard. Disney's world : a biography. New York : Stein and Day, 1985. NOTES: 330 p., 24 p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes index. Filmography: p. 309-315. SUBJECTS: Disney, Walt, 1901-1966. Animators -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: 791.430924 D612zm DESCRIPTION:

Mugridge, Ian. View from Xanadu: William Randolph Hearst and United States foreign policy. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995. NOTES: Includes bibliographical references and index. SUBJECTS: Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 -- Influence. Press and politics -- History -- 20th century. CALL #: PN4874.H4 M96 1995 DESCRIPTION:

Nasaw, David. Going Out: the rise and fall of public amusements. New York: BasicBooks, 1993. NOTES: 312 p.: ill.; bibliographical references (p. [259]-302) and index. SUBJECTS: Leisure -- United States -- History. Amusements -- United States -- History. CALL #: GV53 .N248 1993 DESCRIPTION:

Newman, Kim. How the West was Found, Won, Lost, Lied About, Filmed and Forgotten. London: Bloomsbury, 1990. Paper. NOTES: 237 pp., illus. SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

Orliss, Bruce W. When Hollywood Ruled the Skies. Aero Associates, 1985 NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: D743.23 .O77 1985 DESCRIPTION:

Peebles, Curtis. Watch the Skies!: a chronicle of the flying saucer myth. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. NOTES: 342 p.; bibliographical references and index. SUBJECTS: Unidentified flying objects -- Sightings and encounters -- History. CALL #: TL789.3 .P44 1994 DESCRIPTION:

Pettit, Arthur G. Images of the Mexican American in Fiction and Film. College Station: Texas A&M UP,1980. NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: PS374 .M48 P47 DESCRIPTION:

Phillips, John Neal. Running with Bonnie and Clyde: the ten fast years of Ralph Fults. Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1996. NOTES: 395 p.: ill., maps; bibliographical references (p. [371]-377) and index. SUBJECTS: Fults, Ralph. Clyde, 1909-1934. Bonnie, 1910-1934. Simmons, Lee, b. 1873. Criminals -- Texas -- Biography. Prison violence -- Texas -- Huntsville. CALL #: HV6248.F87 P55 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Pileggi, Nicholas. Casino : love and honor in Las Vegas. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1995. NOTES: 363 p. ; 25 cm. Includes index. SUBJECTS: Rosenthal, Frank, 1929- Criminals -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Biography. Mafia -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Biography. Casinos -- Nevada -- Las Vegas. CALL #: HV6248.R683 P55 1995 DESCRIPTION: is the source of the Martin Scorcese film "Casino" with Robert De Niro miscast as Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal who ran Las Vegas gambling in the 1970s and 1980s for Chicago crime families, with Joe Pesci as Nicky Santoro based on the real character of cold-blooded killer Anthony Spilotro.

Polan. Power and Paranoia: History, Narrative and the American Cinema, 1940-1950. NOTES: SUBJECTS: - CALL #: - DESCRIPTION:

Pratley, Gerald. The Cinema of John Frankenheimer. New York, A. S. Barnes, 1969. NOTES: 240 p. illus., ports. 16 cm. Series: The International film guide series. SUBJECTS: Frankenheimer, John, 1930- CALL #: PN1998.A3 F786 DESCRIPTION:

Pyron, Darden A., ed. Recasting: "Gone with the Wind" in American Culture. Miami: University Presses of Florida, 1983. NOTES: 232 p. ; 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 203-224 and index. SUBJECTS: Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 Gone with the wind. Gone with the wind. Motion picture. Women and literature -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century. Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism. Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war. Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Motion pictures and the war. CALL #: PS3525.I972 G687 1983 DESCRIPTION:

Quart and Auster. American Film and Society Since 1945 NOTES: SUBJECTS: - CALL #: - DESCRIPTION:

Ray, Robert. A Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema. NOTES: - SUBJECTS: - CALL #: - DESCRIPTION: has analysis of Casablanca, alleges a relation between the map in Casablanca and the journey represented in Twain's Huck Finn.

Ringgold, Gene and Clifford McCarty. The Films of Frank Sinatra. New York, Citadel Press, 1971. NOTES: 249 p. illus. 29 cm. SUBJECTS: Sinatra, Frank, 1915- CALL #: ML420.S565 R5 Stacks DESCRIPTION:

Rosenstone, Robert. Romantic Revolutionary: a biography of John Reed. New York: Knopf, 1975. NOTES: 430, xiii p., [4] leaves of plates: ill.; bibliography: p. [411]-430 and index. SUBJECTS: Reed, John, 1887-1920. Bohemianism -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Revolutionaries -- United States -- Biography. Journalists -- United States -- Biography. Communists -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: HX84.R4 R67 1975 DESCRIPTION:

Rosenstone, Robert A., ed. Revisioning History Film and the Construction of a New Past. Princeton, N.J.: PrincetonUniversity Press, 1995. NOTES: 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-241) and index. Series: Princeton studies in culture/power/history. SUBJECTS: Motion pictures and history. CALL #: PN1995.2 .R48 1995 DESCRIPTION: has good essays on Walker and Mississippi Burning and Radio Bikini and Hiroshima Mon Amour

Salt, Barry. Film Style and Technology: History and Analysis. London, Starword, 1992, 2nd ed. NOTES: SUBJECTS: - CALL #: - DESCRIPTION:

Sandos, James A. and Larry E. Burgess. Hunt for Willie Boy, The: Indian-hating and popular culture. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994. NOTES: 182 p.: ill., map; bibliographical references (p. [162]-170) and index. SUBJECTS: Willie Boy, 1880 or 81-1909. Paiute Indians -- Biography. Chemehuevi Indians -- History. Indians of North America -- Public opinion. Public opinion -- United States. Indians in popular culture -- United States. CALL #: E99.P2 W527 1994 DESCRIPTION:

Schickel, Richard. His Picture in the Papers; a Speculation on Celebrity in America based on the Life of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. NY: Charterhouse, 1973, 1974. NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: PN2287 .F3 S3 1973 DESCRIPTION:

Schickel, Richard. The Disney Version: the Life, Times, Art, and Commerce of Walt Disney. 3rd ed. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1997, paper. NOTES: 384 p.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-374) and index. SUBJECTS: Disney, Walt, 1901-1966. Animators -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: NC1766.U52 D555 1997 DESCRIPTION:

Shay, Don and Jody Duncan. Making of Jurassic Park, The. New York : Ballantine Books, 1993. NOTES: 195 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. SUBJECTS: Jurassic Park (Motion picture) CALL #: PN1997.J8 S53 1993 DESCRIPTION:

Shull, Michael S. and David Edward Wilt, eds. Hollywood war films, 1937-1945 : an exhaustive filmography of American feature-length motion pictures relating to World War II Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 1996. NOTES: 482 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-453) and indexes. SUBJECTS: World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war.World War, 1939-1945 -- Film catalogs. War films -- United States. CALL #: D743.23 .S55 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Slotkin, Richard. Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in 20th-Century America. NY: Atheneum, 1992, paper. NOTES: 850 p. SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

Sobchack, Vivian, ed. The persistence of history : cinema, television, and the modern event. New York : Routledge, 1996. NOTES: 265 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. SUBJECTS: Motion pictures and history. Television and history. CALL #: PN1995.2 .P47 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Sperber, A. M. and Eric Lax. Bogart. NY: Morrow, 1997, NOTES: 676 pp. SUBJECTS: - CALL #: - DESCRIPTION:

Spergel, Mark. Reinventing Reality: the Art and Life of Rouben Mamoulian. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1993. NOTES: 304 p. : ill. ; bibliographical references (p. 267-276) and index. Filmography and stageography: p. 277-296. Series: Filmmakers series ; no. 37. "This book is based on the author's doctoral dissertation, "Rouben Mamoulian: Reinventing Reality-His life and His Art," City University of New York, 1990"--T.p. verso. SUBJECTS: Mamoulian, Rouben. Motion picture producers and directors -- United States --Biography. Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: PN1998.3.M345 S67 1993 DESCRIPTION: an "excellent biography" of the Armenian-born director in Hollywood 1930s to 1970s

Staiger, Janet. Bad women : regulating sexuality in early American cinema. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1995. NOTES: 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-217) and index. Filmography: p. 207-208. SUBJECTS: Women in motion pictures. Sex in motion pictures. Motion pictures -- United States -- History. CALL #: 791.43652042 S782b 199 DESCRIPTION:

Stam, Robert and Ella Shohat. Unthinking Eurocentrism. NOTES: SUBJECTS: - CALL #: - DESCRIPTION: "The only text on film you'll ever need to read. On any culture."

Starr, Kevin. Americans and the California Dream. NY: Oxford University Press. NOTES: series includes Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915 (1973); Inventing the Dream: California through the Progressive Era (1985); Material Dreams : Southern California through the 1920s (1990); Endangered Dreams: the Great Depression in California (1996); The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s (1990) SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

Studlar, Gaylyn. This mad masquerade : stardom and masculinity in the Jazz Age New York : Columbia University Press, 1996. NOTES: 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-310) and index. SUBJECTS: Men in motion pictures. Sex role in motion pictures. CALL #: PN1995.9.M46 S78 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Suid, Lawrence H. Sailing on the silver screen : Hollywood and the U.S. Navy Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 1996. NOTES: 307 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-297) and index. SUBJECTS: United States. Navy. War films -- History and criticism. CALL #: PN1995.9.W3 S95 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Taves, Brian. The Romance of Adventure: The Genre of Historical Adventure Movies. Univ. of Mississippi, 1994, paper. NOTES: 267 pp., illus. SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

Taylor, Helen. Scarlett's Women: Gone with the Wind and its Female Fans. London Virago, 1989. NOTES: 275 p. ; 20 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. SUBJECTS: Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 Gone with the wind. Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 -- Film and video adaptations. Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 -- Appreciation. Gone with the wind. Motion picture. Fans (Persons) CALL #: PS3525.I972 G688 1989b DESCRIPTION:

Taylor, John R. Hitch: The Life and Times of Alfred Hitchcock London: Faber and Faber, 1978 NOTES: 324 pp. SUBJECTS: CALL #: - DESCRIPTION: Da Capo pap ed 1996

Telotte, J. P. Replications : a robotic history of the science fiction film. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1995. NOTES: 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Filmography: p. [197]-208. Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-215) and index. SUBJECTS: Science fiction films -- History and criticism. Robots in motion pictures. CALL #: PN1995.9.S26 T46 1995 DESCRIPTION:

Tibbetts, John C. and James M. Welsh. His Majesty the American: the Cinema of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. South Brunswick, NJ: A.S. Barnes, 1977. NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: PN2287 .F3 T5 1977 Oversize DESCRIPTION:

Toll, Robert. Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth-Century America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974, paper. NOTES: 310 p.: ill.; bibliography: p. 285-302 and index. SUBJECTS: Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism. Minstrel shows. CALL #: ML1711 .T64 DESCRIPTION: one of the best studies of mistrelsy, America's only original contribution to theater.

Tomkins, Jane. West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns. NY: Oxford, 1994, paper. NOTES: 850 p. SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

Toplin, Robert B. Hollywood as Mirror: changing views of "outsiders" and "enemies" in American movies. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993. NOTES: 168 p.; bibliographical references and index. Series: Contributions to the study of popular culture ISSN: 0198-9871; no. 38. SUBJECTS: Minorities in motion pictures. Villains in motion pictures. Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States. CALL #: PN1995.9.M56 H65 1993 DESCRIPTION: has two articles on depictions of blacks and plantations and slavery; Van Deburg essay on Roots and Beulah Land; articles on Nazis and Cold War

Toplin, Robert Brent. History by Hollywood : the use and abuse of the American past . Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1996. NOTES: 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-257) and index. SUBJECTS: Historical films -- United States -- History and criticism. Motion pictures and history. CALL #: PN1995.9.H5 T66 1996 DESCRIPTION: CONTENTS Mississippi Burning : "a standard to which we couldn't live up" -- JFK : "fact, fiction, and supposition" -- Sergeant York : "if that is propaganda, we plead guilty" -- Missing : "an assault on the integrity of the U.S. government, the Foreign Service and the military" -- Bonnie and Clyde : "violence of a most grisly sort" -- Patton : "deliberately Mississippi Burning : "a standard to which we couldn't live up" -- JFK : "fact, fiction, and supposition" -- Sergeant York : "if that is propaganda, we plead guilty" -- Missing : "an assault on the integrity of the U.S. government, the Foreign Service and the military" -- Bonnie and Clyde : "violence of a most grisly sort" -- Patton : "deliberately planned as a Rorschach Test" -- All the President's men : "the story that people know and remember" -- Norma Rae : "a female rocky"

Uricchio and Pearson. Reframing Culture. NOTES: SUBJECTS: - CALL #: - DESCRIPTION: "examines "quality" films produced by the Vitagraph company."

Uricchio, William and Roberta E. Pearson. Reframing Culture: the case of the Vitagraph quality films. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1993. NOTES: 252 p.: ill.; bibliographical references (p. [205]-244) and index. SUBJECTS: Vitagraph Company of America. Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States. CALL #: PN1995.9.S6 U75 1993 DESCRIPTION:

Vaughn, Stephen. Ronald Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics. NY:Cambridge UP, 1994. NOTES: SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION:

Vertrees, Alan David. Selznick's Vision: Gone with the Wind and Hollywood Filmmaking. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1997. NOTES: 242 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-231) and index. Texas film studies series. SUBJECTS: Selznick, David O., 1902-1965. Gone with the wind. Motion picture. CALL #: PN1997.G59 V47 1997 DESCRIPTION:

Vineberg, Steve. No Surprises, Please: Movies in the Reagan Decade. New York: Schirmer Books, 1993. NOTES: 385 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Filmography: 363-372. Includes index. SUBJECTS: Motion pictures -- United States. Motion pictures -- United States -- Reviews. CALL #: PN1993.5.U6 V54 1993 DESCRIPTION: calls Born on the Fourth of July (1989) a "24-karat fake", praises DePalma's Casualties of War (1989), critizes The Color Purple (1985) as a "white man's movie from the postwar period; it's Song of the South", critical of Amadeus, admires Moscow on the Hudson

Walker, Marianne. Margaret Mitchell & John Marsh: the Love Story behind Gone with the Wind . Atlanta, Ga.: Peachtree, 1993. NOTES: 554 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 523-544) and index. SUBJECTS: Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 -- Marriage. Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 -- Correspondence. Marsh, John R. (John Robert), 1895-1952 -- Marriage. Marsh, John R. (John Robert), 1895-1952 -- Correspondence. Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence. Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography. Authorship -- Collaboration -- History -- 20th century. Love-letters. CALL #: PS3525.I972 Z94 1993 DESCRIPTION:

Waller, Gregory A.50- Main Street Amusements: movies and commercial entertainment in a Southern city, 1896-1930. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. NOTES: 342 p.: ill.; bibliographical references and filmography: p. 260-271 and index. SUBJECTS: Motion pictures -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- History. Performing arts -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- History -- 20th century. CALL #: PN1993.5.U743 W36 1995 DESCRIPTION:

Watts, Steven. Magic Kingdom, The. Walt Disney and the American Way of Life. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997. NOTES: 526 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-512) and index. SUBJECTS: Disney, Walt, 1901-1966. Animators -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: 791.43092 W353m 1997 DESCRIPTION: "In his fascinating new book, historian Steven Watts ratifies both views of Walt Disney -- as an innovative artist and a willfully commercial entrepreneur."

Wead, George. Gone with the Wind, a Legend Endures: an Exhibition Catalogue. Austin, Texas: Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 1983. NOTES: 121 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 26 cm. Since 1981, the "Gone with the wind ..." exhibit has been housed in the Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. It is the largest exhibit in the history of the Center [1983].--G. Wead. SUBJECTS: Selznick, David O., 1902-1965. Gone with the wind. Motion picture. CALL #: PN1997.G59 W43 1983 DESCRIPTION:

Weintraub, Stanley. Uncrowned king : the life of Prince Albert New York : Free Press, 1997. NOTES: 478 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [444]-456) and index. SUBJECTS: Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819- 1861. Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901. CALL #: DESCRIPTION: shows the great influence of Albert on Victorian England, representing the transition from landed elite to urban industrial bourgeoise classes.

Wheat, Frank. California Desert Miracle: The Fight for Desert Parks and Wilderness. Sunbelt Publications, 1998 NOTES: 320 p. SUBJECTS: CALL #: DESCRIPTION: "In 1967, Russ Penny, the new Calif director of the fed Bur of Land Mgt, was astounded by photographs of hundreds of motorcycles racing across the desert in a new off-road race from Barstow to Las Vegas. He wondered how such activity affected the desert habitat and persuaded his Washington bosses to spend $25000 for a study of desert resources and how they might be protected." This began a long battle ending with passage of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 that established the Mohjave National Preserve, the Death Valley National Park, and the Joshua Tree National Park, and 69 other wilderness areas totalling 3.5m acres.

Wilkinson, Rupert. American Tough: The Tough-Guy Tradition and American Character. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1984. NOTES: 221 p.; bibliography: p. [181]-209 and index. Series: Contributions in American studies ISSN: 0084-9227; no. 69. SUBJECTS: National characteristics, American. Popular culture -- United States. Toughness (Personality trait) Personality and culture -- United States -- History. CALL #: E169.1 .W487 1984 DESCRIPTION:

Williamson, J. W.- Hillbillyland: what the movies did to the mountains and what the mountains did to the movies. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1995. NOTES: - SUBJECTS: - CALL #: PN1995.9.M67 W54 1995 DESCRIPTION:

Williamson, Jerry Wayne. Hillbillyland: what the movies did to the mountains and what the mountains did to the movies. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995. NOTES: 325 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-306) and index. SUBJECTS: Mountain whites (Southern States) in motion pictures. Mountain whites (Southern States) -- Social life and customs. CALL #: PN1995.9.M67 W54 1995 DESCRIPTION: discusses Disney's Davy Crockett, Thunder Road, Deliverance, The Long Riders, Raising Arizona, Thelma and Louise, Last of the Mohicans, Stark Love, Sergeant York, Tol'able David

Wills, Garry. John Wayne's America : the politics of celebrity. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997. NOTES: 380 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-351) and indexes. SUBJECTS: Wayne, John, 1907-1979. Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography. CALL #: 791.43028 W359w 1997 DESCRIPTION:

Winston, Brian. Technologies of seeing : photography, cinematography and television London : British Film Institute, 1996. NOTES: 143 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.119-137) and index. SUBJECTS: Mass media -- Technological innovations. Photography -- Technological innovations. CALL #: PN1995.9.W3 S95 1996 DESCRIPTION:

Wood, Bret. Orson Welles: a bio-bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. NOTES: 364 p.: ill.; bibliographical references and index. Series: Bio-bibliographies in the performing arts ISSN: 0892-5550; no. 8. SUBJECTS: Welles, Orson, 1915-. Welles, Orson, 1915- -- Bibliography. Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- CALL #: PN1998.3.W45 W6 1990 DESCRIPTION:


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