The Hollywood Family Film: A History, from Shirley Temple to Harry Potter

by Noel Brown

The Hollywood family film is one of the most popular, commercially-successful and culturally significant forms of mass entertainment. This book is the first in-depth history of the Hollywood family film, tracing its development from its beginnings in the 1930s to its global box-office dominance today. Noel Brown shows how, far from being an innocuous amusement for children, the family film has always been intended for audiences of all ages and backgrounds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780762704
• ISBN13: 9781780762708
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"