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

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

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"PARIS IN THE DARK traces the history of film and film-going in Paris, from the advent of sound cinema, through the Nazi occupation, and finally to postwar reconstruction. Drawing from a wide range of archives, Eric Smoodin reconstructs a cinematic geography of Paris. Focusing on details of the...

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Main Author: Smoodin, Eric Loren (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Duke University Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
National characteristics in motion pictures.
Motion pictures.
Motion picture theaters.
Culture in motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Culture au cinema.
Caracteristiques nationales au cinema.
Cinema > France > Paris > Histoire.
Motion picture theaters > France > Paris > History.
Motion pictures > France > Paris > History.
France > Paris.
Paris (France) > Histoire.
Paris (France) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. A Walking Tour, 1930-1981
  • Chapter 1. The Cinemas and the Films, 1931-1933
  • Chapter 2. The Cine-Clubs, 1930-1944
  • Chapter 3. Chevalier and Dietrich, 1929-1935
  • Chapter 4. Violence at the Cinema, 1930-1944
  • Chapter 5. Occupied Paris, 1939-1944, 2009
  • Chapter 6. Liberation Cinema, Postwar Cinema,1944-1949
  • Conclusion. A Final Stroll, 1948-1954, 1980-2016.

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