Linda Mizejewski

It Happened One Night

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What you really want to watch. There are certain films and shows that resonate with audiences everywhere--they generate discussion and debate about everything from gender, class, citizenship and race, to consumerism and social identity. This new 'teachable canon' of film and television introduces students to alternative classics that range from silent film to CSI. * Its most famous prop is a blanket, and its star endorsement was that real men do not wear undershirts. The humble and even corny touchstones of Frank Capra's Academy-Award winning 1934 comedy It Happened One Night belie its power and consequential status in the history of classic Hollywood cinema. * Through mad-cap action, spunky heroines, gender politics, and class/gender conflicts, It Happened One Night invites discussion of film history, the studio system, and the problems posed by sound cinema for early-1930s censorship codes. * A strong case study for teaching American Depression Era history, and film genre development. Upcoming books in the series: Miami Vice by James Lyons CSI by Derek Kompare Law & Order by Alison McCracken Magnolia by Christina Lane Top Hat by Peter Evans Hairspray by Dana Heller

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Stax Textbooks
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 137mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 204g
• ISBN-13: 9781405173889
• ISBN-10: 1405173882
• Artikelnr.: 26841551

Autorenporträt

Linda Mizejewski is Professor of Women's Studies at Ohio State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.

1.Rules and Unruliness: Screwball Comedy and the Road Movie.

2. The Production Code and the Wall of Jericho.

3. Contexts: Capra, Class, and Depression-Era America.

4. Stardom: Gable and Colbert

Rezensionen

"Filled with clearly explained theory, it is an exemplary guide forfilm students and teachers. Its shrewd reading of the film empowersthe text; the meticulous research and subtle analysis issophisticated enough for high level readers yet accessible enoughfor those new to the field. ... This book is not just forlovers of Capra, Gable, or even 'old films'--the concepts ofgender, class, stardom, and censorship developed in this text arepertinent for any film buff." (M/C Reviews, April 2010)"Mizejewski is marvelously alert to the romance, sex, classfeeling and star power that made It Happened One Night alandmark comedy. An indispensable guide to what "It" isall about."
Maria DiBattista, Princeton University

"Linda Mizejewski's It Happened One Night, likeFrank Capra's, is tough-minded and tender, politically anddiscursively astute, yet open to the humor and mystery of "youngpeople in love." Her command of the scholarship isimpressive, her prose is nimble and sharp. A landmark studyof a landmark film." Leland Poague, Iowa StateUniversity

"What a wonderful read! Mizejewski's witty andlucid study of It Happened One Night offers a knowledgeableintroduction not only to this important film but to the genre ofromantic comedy and the scholarship it has inspired."
Kathleen Rowe Karlyn, University of Oregon