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Examines how Hollywood responded to and reflected the political and social changes that America experienced during the 1930s.
In the popular imagination, 1930s Hollywood was a dream factory producing escapist movies to distract the American people from the greatest economic crisis in their nation's history. But while many films of the period conform to this stereotype, there were a significant number that promoted a message, either explicitly or implicitly, in support of the political, social and economic change broadly associated with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programme. At the same time, Hollywood was in the forefront of challenging traditional gender roles, both in terms of movie representations of women and the role of women within the studio system. With case studies of actors like Shirley Temple, Cary Grant and Fred Astaire, as well as a selection of films that reflect politics and society in the Depression decade, this fascinating book examines how the challenges of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them.
Topics covered include:Motion pictures --- Depressions --- Politics in motion pictures. --- Pensée politique et sociale. --- Cinéma --- History --- Political aspects --- Economic aspects --- Social aspects --- Au cinéma --- Aspect politique --- Histoire --- Pensée politique et sociale --- Film --- anno 1930-1939 --- Los Angeles [California] --- Nineteen thirties. --- 1930s --- 30s (Twentieth century decade) --- Thirties (Twentieth century decade) --- Twentieth century --- United States --- Social life and customs --- 1900-1999 --- Pensée politique et sociale --- Cinéma --- Au cinéma
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