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Radical Hollywood: The Untold Story Behind America's Favorite Movies

Radical Hollywood: The Untold Story Behind America's Favorite Movies Hardcover - 2002

by Buhle, Paul; Wagner, David

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The authors present a revealing and affectionate account of the personal and political lives of the left-wing screenwriters, directors, and actors behind Hollywood's Golden Age. of photos.

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The New Press, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xx, 460 Pp. Red And Black Boards, Spine Gilt. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $29.95. Yet Another Book In The Vast Library On Hollywood, Adding To The World's Impression That Americans Don't Have Much Interest In Or Understanding Of Anything Except Hollywood And Its Cultural Influences; There Are Few Comparably Detailed Studies About The Effects Of Anything Other Than Hollywood On Theory, Practice Or Government Influence Upon Education, Science, Technology, Health Or Family.
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  • Title Radical Hollywood: The Untold Story Behind America's Favorite Movies
  • Author Buhle, Paul; Wagner, David
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 460
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The New Press, New York
  • Date 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 055492
  • ISBN 9781565847187 / 1565847180
  • Weight 1.81 lbs (0.82 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.56 x 6.48 x 1.45 in (24.28 x 16.46 x 3.68 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion pictures - History, Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003535307
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.430

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Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 05/15/2002, Page 1565
  • Choice, 11/01/2002, Page 476
  • Entertainment Weekly, 05/03/2002, Page 82
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2002, Page 301
  • Library Journal, 04/15/2002, Page 87
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/01/2002, Page 62
  • Variety, 06/03/2002, Page 33

About the author

Paul Buhle is a retired senior lecturer in the American studies department at Brown University. He is a co-author, with Dave Wagner, of Radical Hollywood: The Untold Story Behind America's Favorite Movies and the editor of Jews and American Comics: An Illustrated History of an American Art Form, Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation, and A Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman, all published by The New Press. Buhle is the founder of the Oral History of the American Left archive at New York University and a co-editor of The Encyclopedia of the American Left. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin, and has continued actively producing books of comic art, including Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land and Bohemians: A Graphic History.

Dave Wagner is a journalist and critic who lives in Tempe, Arizona. He was a contributor to Tender Comrades, co-author of A Very Dangerous Citizen, and has contributed to several film journals. He was political editor at the Arizona Republic from 1993 to 2000.

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