Mass appeal [electronic resource] : the formative age of the movies, radio, and TV / Edward D. Berkowitz.
Berkowitz, Edward D.
2010
PN1993.5.U6 B385 2010eb
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Title Mass appeal [electronic resource] : the formative age of the movies, radio, and TV / Edward D. Berkowitz.
Author Berkowitz, Edward D.
ISBN 9780511927560 (electronic bk.)
9780521889087
0521889081
9780521717779
0521717779
Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (212 p.)
Call Number PN1993.5.U6 B385 2010eb
Summary This work describes the changing world of American popular culture from the first sound movies through the age of television. It describes the development of the movies, radio, and television, fitting the entertainment industry into the larger story of American history. In short vignettes, the book reveals the career patterns of people who became big movie, TV, or radio stars. Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson symbolize the early stars of sound movies. Groucho Marx and Fred Astaire represent the movie stars of the 1930s, and Jack Benny stands in for the 1930s performers who achieved their success on radio. Katharine Hepburn, a stage and film star, illustrates the cultural trends of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Humphrey Bogart and Bob Hope serve as examples of performers who achieved great success during the Second World War. Walt Disney, Woody Allen, and Lucille Ball, among others, become the representative figures of the postwar world. Through these vignettes, the reader comes to understand the development of American mass media in the twentieth century. -- Provided by publisher.
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Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series Cambridge essential histories.
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Sound comes in, vaudeville and silent pictures go out
From Broadway to Hollywood with Groucho, Fred, and Ginger
Radio nights
From the thirties to the forties with Kate, Bud, and Lou
Bogie, Bob, and the boys at war
The postwar movie scene
Make room for TV
Putting it together: Walt Disney introduces the baby boom to television
The end of an era?
Movie, radio, and TV listings.

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