Movie-Made America
Subtitle: A Cultural History of American Movies
By: Robert Sklar.
Edition: Rev. and updated ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
Subjects: Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
Description: This vastly readable and richly illustrated volume examines film as art form, technological innovation, big business, and cultural bellwether. It takes in stars from Douglas Fairbanks to Sly Stallone; auteurs from D. W. Griffith to Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee; and genres from the screwball comedy of the 1930s to the "hard body" movies of the 1980s to the independent films of the 1990s.

Combining panoramic sweep with detailed commentaries on hundreds of individual films, Movie-Made America is a must for any motion picture enthusiast.
Notes: Previous ed., 1975.

Includes bibliographical references and index.