Film in the battle of ideas / by John Howard Lawson

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, New York : Masses & Mainstream, 1953Description: 126 pages ; 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.93
LOC classification:
  • PN 1993.5 .U6 L3 1953
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Contents:
Part I. The battle of ideas : 1. Film and foreign policy -- 2. Hollywood and the un-Americans -- 3. The function of film in a class society --
Part II. The social pattern of Hollywood films : 1. The gangster becomes a soldier -- 2. Hollywood history lesson -- 3. Celluloid revolution -- 4. Mass-man -- 5. The degradation of women -- 6. Mother-informer --
Part III. Toward a people's film art : 1. Two camps in the world of film -- 2. What can be done about Hollywood? -- 3. Audience organization -- 4. The responsibility of the artist -- 5. Independent production.
Summary: A series of essays from a Marxist perspective about the role of film culture in the first half of the 20th century United States. John Howard Lawson was one of the Hollywood Ten: ten filmmakers blacklisted by the House of Un-American Activities Committee.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks PN 1993.5 .U6 L3 1953 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Signed by the author. NPML21020017

Part I. The battle of ideas : 1. Film and foreign policy -- 2. Hollywood and the un-Americans -- 3. The function of film in a class society --

Part II. The social pattern of Hollywood films : 1. The gangster becomes a soldier -- 2. Hollywood history lesson -- 3. Celluloid revolution -- 4. Mass-man -- 5. The degradation of women -- 6. Mother-informer --

Part III. Toward a people's film art : 1. Two camps in the world of film -- 2. What can be done about Hollywood? -- 3. Audience organization -- 4. The responsibility of the artist -- 5. Independent production.

A series of essays from a Marxist perspective about the role of film culture in the first half of the 20th century United States. John Howard Lawson was one of the Hollywood Ten: ten filmmakers blacklisted by the House of Un-American Activities Committee.

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