The Cinematic Challenge: Filming Colonial America
Volume 1: The Golden Age, 1930-1950
by John P. Harty, Jr
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Buy on Amazon
Buy on BN.com
Buy on Bookshop.org
*This page contains affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site at no additional cost to you.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date Sep 19 2016 | Archive Date Sep 20 2016
Description
Why did cinema largely ignore the colonial era and the Revolutionary War? The Cinematic Challenge asks this question and studies four films from the 1930s and 1940s to consider other queries, such as:
How did Darryl F. Zanuck make a film about the American Revolution (Drums Along The Mohawk) without indicating that the British were the enemy?Why was Northwest Passage never completed?How did Cecil B. DeMille begin production on a film (Unconquered) based on a book that did not yet exist?In addition, we'll learn how accurate the depictions of colonial life were in each film and whether the political and economic climate affected the finished products.
Volume one of The Cinematic Challenge also includes information about the general state of the film industry during this period, technological advancements, and rival theories about historical filmmaking, making it the most in-depth resource available today on colonial movies.
A Note From the Publisher
Working as a stagehand at NBC for thirty years gave author John P. Harty, Jr. an inside look into the world of television and film and eventually inspired his creation of The Cinematic Challenge. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from St. Bonaventure University, a master's degree in political science from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and has studied Russian and English history at the doctoral level at New York University.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781635051469 |
| PRICE | $24.95 (USD) |
