In this lively and original book, Sam Girgus offers a fresh look at films such as The Searchers, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, High Noon, and On the Waterfront. He shows how they are part of the cultural and historic debate that examines, structures, and questions what modern America means to its people, the world, and history.
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"...Girgus's readings of the films are always thought-provoking and often persuasive." Benjamin L. Alpers, Culture Front
"Girgus is at his best when offering close readings of key films." Steven J. Ross, The Journal of American History
"Girgus is at his best when offering close readings of key films." Steven J. Ross, The Journal of American History
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In this lively and original book, Sam Girgus offers a fresh look at films such as The Searchers, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, High Noon, and On the Waterfront and shows how they are part of the cultural and historic debate that examines, structures, and questions what modern America means to its people, the world, and history.
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renaissance directors, modernistic sensibility, democratic cinema, cinema for democracy, democratic aesthetic, heroic masculinity, democratic hero, rebel males, discarded self, male war bride, redeemed captive, grand expectations, captivity narrative Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Noon, Hollywood Renaissance, Red River, Wonderful Life, Liberty Valance, American Renaissance, Cold War, John Ford, African Americans, George Bailey, Montgomery Clift, Ethan Edwards, New York, Swing Time, Film Stills Archive, Frank Capra, John Wayne, Smith Goes, The Museum of Modern Art, George Stevens, Jean Arthur, Jimmy Stewart, Terry Malloy, Marshal Kane, Donna Reed New!
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High Noon, Hollywood Renaissance, Red River, Wonderful Life, Liberty Valance, American Renaissance, Cold War, John Ford, African Americans, George Bailey, Montgomery Clift, Ethan Edwards, New York, Swing Time, Film Stills Archive, Frank Capra, John Wayne, Smith Goes, The Museum of Modern Art, George Stevens, Jean Arthur, Jimmy Stewart, Terry Malloy, Marshal Kane, Donna Reed New!
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- American Renaissance (Bcl1-Ps American Literature) by Francis Otto Matthiessen on 14 pages
- High Noon [VHS] by Gary Cooper on 14 pages
- America, America by Elia Kazan on 7 pages
- Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success by Joseph McBride on 4 pages
- John Ford, Revised and Enlarged edition (Movie Paperbacks) by Peter Bogdanovich on 4 pages
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- America on Film: Modernism, Documentary, and a Changing America by Sam B. Girgus in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Films of Woody Allen (Cambridge Film Classics) by Sam B. Girgus in Back Matter
- New Essays on Seize the Day (The American Novel) by Michael P. Kramer in Back Matter
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