City Boys by Robert L Sklar
An examination of how Jimmy Cagney and other actors established a new cultural identity on the American screen in the 1930s - the tough, street-wise American male. The text probes the cultural forces behind this largely mythical character and examines its power over masculine self-definition.
"Robert Sklar's portrait of these three Warner actors cum stars is more than just simple biographyIt is a well-considered vehicle for looking at the studio system from its zenith in the '20s, '30s, and '40s to its nadir during the HUAC hearings of the late '40s and '50s."--Toni L. Kamins, Variety "Sklar weaves a wondrous fabric through the lives and art of Cagney, Bogart and Garfield that energizes their performances, their failures and successes, and the failures and successes of Warner Brothers itself."--Jerome Charyn, The New York Times Book Review
Robert Sklar is Professor of Cinema Studies at New York University. His books include Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies and Prime-Time America: Life On and Behind the Television Screen.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691047959 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691047952 |
| Titel | City Boys |
| Autor | Robert L Sklar |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Princeton University Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1992-05-05 |
| Seitenanzahl | 332 |
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