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100 1 $aDooley, Roger Burke,$d1920-
245 10 $aFrom Scarface to Scarlett :$bAmerican films in the 1930s /$cRoger Dooley.
250 $a1st ed.
260 0 $aNew York :$bHarcourt Brace Jovanovich,$cc1981.
300 $axxiv, 648 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm.
500 $aIncludes indexes.
504 $aBibliography: p. [621]
520 $aDiscusses the films, the genres and trends, the stars and studios, the directors and the myths that contributed to American's daydreams during the period 1930-1939.
505 0 $aPrologue: Why the '30s? Or, no, no nostalgia -- Section 1: Just Picture A Penthouse: Love Among The Millionaires: -- O mistress mine: ladies with a past -- Puttin' on the Ritz: gold diggers of 1930-39 -- Happily ever after: Cinderella romances -- Vivacious ladies: working girl comedies -- With plenty of money and you: heiresses, madcap, headstrong, footloose and runaway -- Scene: drawing room, late afternoon: comedies of manners from the stage -- Section 2: Plot Thickens: Intrigue, Boudoir And Otherwise: -- Good heavens, my pearls!: gamblers and jewel thieves -- It's a small world: Grand Hotel formula -- Hurtling through the night: Grand Hotel in transit -- You know what happens to those who fail: espionage, mostly World War I -- Section 3: Remembrance Of Things Past: Wistful Glances Back: -- Days beyond recall: nostalgia for the prewar era -- As time goes by: through-the-years cavalcades -- Mother's Day: women who paid --
505 0 $aSection 4: Long Ago And Far Away: Escapes Still Further Into The Past: -- Americana: literary classics, biography and historical fiction -- Continental style: European classics, biography and historical fiction -- There'll always be an England: British classics, biography and historical fiction -- Section 5: White Man's Burden: Imperialism, Hollywood Style: -- Rule, Britannia!: sun never sets -- Going native: seldom the Twain shall meet -- Heathen Chinee: inscrutable Orientals -- Section 6: Nice Work If You Can Get It: Occupational Hazards: -- For the good of the service: it's a grand old flag -- Each time you go up there: dangerous jobs -- Sporting blood: playing the game -- Stop the press!: news hawks and sob sisters -- Scalpel! Forceps!: men-and women-in white -- In heaven's name: religion, true and false -- Section 7: Crime And Punishment: Cops And Robbers: -- Aw right, you guys!: gang's all here -- Innocent bystanders: women and children first --
505 0 $aAround the law in eighty ways: shysters, mouthpieces and ambulance chasers -- Law and order: enforcers -- I'm bustin out!: our fettered friends -- Section 8: Blood Will Tell: Nonprofessionals: -- This will kill you: murders without mystery -- Ah, but you made one slip!: butler never did it -- It's alive!: (and well and living in Transylvania) sheer horror -- Section 9: Light Fantastic: Flights Of Fancy, Musical And Otherwise: -- Fancy free: fantasies, from Just Imagine to The Wizard of Oz -- Anything for a laugh: farce and low comedy -- Direct from Broadway: musical comedies from the stage --Let's face the music and dance: from imitations to originals -- So this is college?: campus capers -- Gaite Parisienne and Caprice Viennois: light operettas -- If love were all: romantic operettas -- Section 10: Show Must Go On: Behind The Scenes: -- Ah-give the kids a break!: backstage musicals -- Five minutes till curtain!: straight films about the theater --
505 0 $aWhat price Hollywood?: films about filmland -- Section 11: People Like Us: Everyday Folks-More Or less: -- Down to earth: domestic comedies -- No place like home: domestic dramas -- Boy meets girl: path of true love -- We can't go on this way!: the honeymoon is over -- From sea to shining sea: ethnic and regional films -- Section 12: In Times Like These: Films Of Ideas: -- They gave him a gun: from antiwar to prowar -- Ripped from tomorrow's headlines: timely films -- Epilogue: Over the rainbow: 1939: Best of everything-almost -- Bibliography -- Index.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aDooley, Roger Burke, 1920-$tFrom Scarface to Scarlett.$b1st ed.$dNew York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1981$w(OCoLC)643768604
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