Linda Mizejewski

It Happened One Night (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

A movie that swept the 1934 Academy Awards and captivated Depression-era America, It Happened One Night challenged the ways Americans imagined marriage, romance, gender, and class difference. This book examines key scenes and formal features of It Happened One Night, and explores its lasting importance in film history and in cultural studies. * Consideration of the film's role in establishing the genre of the romantic comedy film * Investigations into the film's persistent sexuality and its creativity in avoiding Depression-era censorship * Establishment of the cultural, economic, and political context of a film that directly addresses the Depression and class issues * Exploration of how the film invokes and develops the stardom of Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert and how this stardom intersects with the film's topics of gender, genre, sexuality, and class

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: For Dummies
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444310160
• Artikelnr.: 37344893

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