The 1940s was a watershed decade for American cinema and the
nation. Shaking off the grim legacy of the Depression, Hollywood
launched an unprecedented wave of production, generating some of
its most memorable classics, including Citizen Kane, Rebecca, The
Lady Eve, Sergeant York, and How Green Was My Valley. In 1942,
Hollywood joined the national war effort with a vengeance, creating
a series of patriotic and escapist films, such as Casablanca, Mrs.
Miniver, The Road to Morocco, and Yankee Doodle Dandy. With the end
of the war, returning GIs faced a new America, in which the country
had been transformed overnight. Film noir reflected a new public
mood of pessimism and paranoia, in such classic films of betrayal
and conflict as Kiss of Death, Force of Evil, Caught, and Apology
for Murder, depicting a poisonous universe of femme fatales,
crooked lawyers, and corrupt politicians. With the threat of the
atom bomb lurking in the background and the beginnings of the
Hollywood Blacklist, the 1940s was a decade of crisis and change.
Featuring essays by a group of respected film scholars and
historians, American Cinema of the 1940s brings this dynamic and
turbulent decade to life. Illustrated with many rare stills and
filled with provocative insights, the volume will appeal to
students, teachers, and to all those interested in cultural history
and American film of the twentieth century. Wheeler Winston Dixon
is the James Ryan Endowed Professor of Film Studies at the
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and editor of the Quarterly Review
of Film and Video.
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