What Dreams Were Made of: Movie Stars of the 1940s - Star Decades: American Culture / American Cinema - Sean Griffin - Books - Rutgers University Press - 9780813549637 - April 28, 2011
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What Dreams Were Made of: Movie Stars of the 1940s - Star Decades: American Culture / American Cinema


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Examines the performers who helped define American cinema in the 1940s, a decade of rapid and repeated upheaval for Hollywood and the US. Through discussions of key films as well as studio publicity and fan magazines, these essays analyze how these actors and actresses helped lift spirits during World War II, and explore how cultural shifts after the war forced many stars to adjust to new outlooks and attitudes, particularly in film noir.


268 pages, Illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 28, 2011
ISBN13 9780813549637
Publishers Rutgers University Press
Pages 268
Dimensions 156 × 235 × 20 mm   ·   513 g
Editor Griffin, Sean

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