Main entry:

Griffith, Richard, 1912-1969.

Title & Author:

The movies : the sixty-year story of the world of Hollywood and its effect on America, from pre-nickelodeon days to the present / by Richard Griffith and Arthur Mayer.

Publication:

New York : Bonanza, 1957.

Description:

[13], 442 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
The birth of the movies : The nickelodeon age ; The development of narrative -- The formative years : The star system ; The movie family ; Comedy ; Serials ; Westerns ; Fights ; The world before your eyes ; World War I -- The golden twenties : The greatest showman on Earth ; Latin lovers ; Ruritania ; Comedy in the twenties ; Westerns ; Goodness ; War in retrospect ; The big clean-up ; But flaming youth flamed on ; Screen art ; Stars of the twenties ; "Hollywood is a state of mind" ; The talkie revolution -- The grim thirties : The gangster film ; The confession film ; Topical films ; Decency -- The New Deal : Sweetness and light ; Comedy and comedians ; Return to spectacle ; The message pictures ; Westerns of the thirties ; Stars of the thirties ; Hollywood in the thirties ; Interlude ; World War II -- The postwar decade : "Mature" films ; Old reliables ; Stars of the forties and fifties ; Hollywood today ; Epilogue.

Summary:

The sixty year story of the world of Hollywood and its effect on America. From pre-nickelodeon days to the present.

Resources:
Donor bookplate

Subject:

Motion pictures United States History.
Motion pictures United States Pictorial works.
Cinéma États-Unis Histoire.
Cinéma États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Motion pictures
United States

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Mayer, Arthur, 1886-1981.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 248291
Call No.: PN1993.5.U6 G78 1957
Status: Available