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We're in the Money: Depression America and Its Films
Andrew Bergman
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Description for We're in the Money: Depression America and Its Films
Paperback. How Hollywood helped prop up the nation's fundamental institutions during the Great Depression. "First rate. It should stand for a long time as a pioneer work in a field where all too little has been written."-Alfred B. Rollins, Jr. Num Pages: 224 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Looking at the figures for movie attendance in the 1930s, one might conclude that the America of the Great Depression was a land of Bijous, Gems, Orpheums, Strands, and Rivieras. Americans needed their movies, as Mr. Bergman notes, and they needed them not just for escape. In We're in the Money, Mr. Bergman looks at the films of the thirties (many of them which we now regard as classics) and shows how Hollywood helped prop up the nation's fundamental institutions during the gravest economic crisis in history. Movies, he demonstrates, kept alive the myth of a mobile and classless society, ... Read more
Looking at the figures for movie attendance in the 1930s, one might conclude that the America of the Great Depression was a land of Bijous, Gems, Orpheums, Strands, and Rivieras. Americans needed their movies, as Mr. Bergman notes, and they needed them not just for escape. In We're in the Money, Mr. Bergman looks at the films of the thirties (many of them which we now regard as classics) and shows how Hollywood helped prop up the nation's fundamental institutions during the gravest economic crisis in history. Movies, he demonstrates, kept alive the myth of a mobile and classless society, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9780929587851
SKU
V9780929587851
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About Andrew Bergman
Andrew Bergman, who studied history at the University of Wisconsin, is a Hollywood screenwriter whose films include Blazing Saddles, The In-Laws, Fletch, and The Freshman, which he also directed. He lives in New York City.
Reviews for We're in the Money: Depression America and Its Films
It is a fun way to take a look at history and well worth reading.
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