Postwar Hollywood Adaptations
Adapting the Middlebrow, 1946-1959
Postwar Hollywood Adaptations
Adapting the Middlebrow, 1946-1959
Description
Noted scholar Imelda Whelehan looks at key adaptations released during this period and considers the impact of social change, film consumption and film tastes, as well as noting the most popular genres at this time.
The latter part of the 20th century saw cinema becoming increasingly significant as an art-form, even while its status as 'art' was still openly contested. This installment in the Bloomsbury Adaptation Histories series discusses a rich and exciting period of cinema history: Hollywood in the latter stages of its golden age, releasing masterpiece adaptations such as It's A Wonderful Life (1946), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Third Man (1949), All About Eve (1950), Rear Window (1954), The Night of the Hunter (1955) and Vertigo (1958).
Accessibility Information
Additional accessibility information
- PDF/UA-2, 1.4
- accessibility@bloomsbury.com
Hazards
The publication contains no hazards
Support for non-visual reading
Has alternative text descriptions for images
Navigation
- Page list to go to pages from the print source version
- Elements such as headings, tables, etc for structured navigation
- All or substantially all textual matter is arranged in a single logical reading order
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Introduction
1. Postwar Culture: A Snapshot of 1946
2. The Western
3. Noirish Tendencies
4. The 1950s: Postwar/Cold War
5. Romance,Melodramaandthe'Women'sFilm'
6. (Dys)functional Families
7. Social Problems, Moral Panics
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 18 Mar 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 9781628922844 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 45 bw illus |
| Series | Bloomsbury Adaptation Histories |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
ONLINE RESOURCES
Bloomsbury Collections
This book is available on Bloomsbury Collections where your library has access.
Related Titles
