Hollywood's African American films: the transition to sound
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Main Author: Friedman, Ryan Jay (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Piscataway Rutgers University Press 2011
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
In 1929 and 1930, during the Hollywood studios' conversion to synchronized-sound film production, white-controlled trade magazines and African American newspapers celebrated a "vogue" for "Negro films." "Hollywood's African American Films" argues that the movie business turned to black musical performance to both resolve technological and aesthetic problems introduced by the medium of "talking pictures" and, at the same time, to appeal to the white "Broadway" audience that patronized their most lucrative first-run theaters. Ryan Jay Friedman a
Acknowledgments; Introduction; c h a p t e r 1; c h a p t e r 2; c h a p t e r 3; c h a p t e r 4; c h a p t e r 5; Conclusion; Notes; Index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 247 pages)
ISBN:0813550483
0813550491
0813550807
1283864371
9780813550480
9780813550497
9780813550800
9781283864374

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