Surfing in the movies
Subtitle: a critical history
By: John Engle
Publisher: McFarland; McFarland & Company
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780786495214
Subjects: Surfing in motion pictures; History and criticism; Surfing films
Description: "Surfing has fascinated filmmakers since Thomas Edison shot footage of Waikiki beachboys in 1906. Before the 1950s surf craze, surfing showed up in travelogues or as exotic background for studio features. Hollywood and independent filmmakers have produced about three dozen surf films in the last half-century"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Shooting the curl; title: Five hundred summer stories: the surf movie and documentary; title: In Hollywood's hands: the feature film surfing narrative; title: Conclusion: zero summer.