Paris in the Dark: Going to the Movies in the City of Light, 1930-1950

by Eric Smoodin

Book Overview

In Paris in the Dark Eric Smoodin takes readers on a journey through the streets, cinemas, and theaters of Paris to sketch a comprehensive picture of French film culture during the 1930s and 1940s. Drawing on a wealth of journalistic sources, Smoodin recounts the ways films moved through the city, the favored stars, and what it was like to go to the movies in a city with hundreds of cinemas. In a single week in the early 1930s, moviegoers might...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478006927
• ISBN13: 9781478006923
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"