Our second module shifts focus from films addressing reconstruction in the South and West to films addressing industrialization in the Northeast and its sweeping impact on nearly all regions of the US, which by the mid-nineteenth century stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the 49th Parallel to the Gulf of Mexico.
Movies and American Society
Ross, S. J. (Ed.). (2014). Movies and American society (2nd ed.). Wiley Blackwell.
This set of readings from your text covers the history of Hollywood during the Great Depression, including its representation of class relations in the US.
Read pages 130-158.
Movies and American Society
Ross, S. J. (Ed.). (2014). Movies and American society (2nd ed.). Wiley Blackwell.
This chapter from your text turns to alternative movies outside of the main blockbusters coming out of Hollywood at midcentury. It helps you to see the political range of films available in the midcentury US.
Read pages 166-184.
Your course textbook can be accessed in the Getting Started module.
It Happened One Night
Capra, F. (Director). (1934). It happened one night [Film]. Columbia Pictures.
Grapes of Wrath
Ford, J. (Director). (1940). Grapes of wrath [Film]. 20th Century Fox.
How Green Was My Valley
Zanuck, D. (Director). (1941). How green was my valley [Film]. 20th Century Fox.
On the Waterfront
Kazan, E. (Director). (1954). On the waterfront [Film]. Columbia Pictures.
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