Hollywood and the Culture Elite: How the Movies Became American

by Peter Decherney

Book Overview

As Americans flocked to the movies during the first part of the twentieth century, the guardians of culture grew worried about their diminishing influence on American art, education, and American identity itself. Meanwhile, Hollywood studio heads were eager to stabilize their industry, solidify their place in mainstream society, and expand their new but tenuous hold on American popular culture.

Peter Decherney explores how these needs coalesced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231133774
• ISBN13: 9780231133777
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"