Overview

This work identifies 436 American silent films released between 1909 and 1929 that engaged the issues of militant labor and revolutionary radicalism. It begins with an extended introduction and analytical chapters that investigate the ways in which the American motion picture industry portrayed the interrelationships between labor radicals, exploitative capitalists, socialist idealists and Bolsheviks during this critical twenty-year period. Each entry contains a detailed plot synopsis, citations to primary sources, coding indicating the presence or absence of 14 predominant discernible biases (including anti- and pro-capitalism, socialism, revolution and labor), and subject coding keyed to 64 related terms and concepts (including agitators, Bolshevism, bombs, female radicals, militias, mobs, political refugees, and strikes). These statistical data included in the filmography are presented in a series of charts and are fully integrated into the historical-critical text. Total number and percentage statistics for the instances of these coded biases and traits are given per year, per era, and overall.

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Author:   Michael Slade Shull
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9780786442478

ISBN 10:   0786442476
Pages:   355
Publication Date:   18 January 2011
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface      INTRODUCTION Red-Tinted Flickers of History      CHAPTER 1      A Red Blur: The Mixed Message on Class and Radicalism in Progressive Era Films, 1909–1917      CHAPTER 2      The Red Scourge on Film: From Wartime Xenophobia to Being in the Vanguard of Anti-Bolshevik Hysteria, 1918–1920      CHAPTER 3      From the East to the East Side: White Flight from the Red Hordes to America, 1921–1929      ABOUT THE FILMOGRAPHY How to Read the Filmography      Glossary of Coding Terms      Yearly Film Totals, 1909–1929      Coding Statistics, 1909–1917      Coding Statistics, 1918–1920      Coding Statistics, 1921–1929      Coding Totals, 1909–1929      Predominant Discernible Biases, 1909–1917      Predominant Discernible Biases, 1918–1920      Predominant Discernible Biases, 1921–1929      Predominant Discernible Biases: Totals, 1909–1929      THE FILMOGRAPHY      Appendix 1: Selected Foreign Films Released in the United States 1909–1915      Appendix 2: Topical American Shorts, with Coding, 1918–1920      Appendix 3: Selected American Fictional Shorts, 1921–1927      Notes      Bibliography      Index     

Reviews

this painstakingly researched book contains an extensive bibliography and index, as well as a comprehensive filmography with standard production information for individual, thematically coded entries and vital information about surviving film prints and their location. The unique study is valuable...recommended --Library Journal; a stunning achievement --Choice; fascinating...will be of value --ARBA; excellent...a wonderful book --Film & History; documents more than 400 American features and short subjects, released between 1909 and 1929, that deal with the issues of militant labor and revolutionary radicalism --Classic Images.

"""this painstakingly researched book contains an extensive bibliography and index, as well as a comprehensive filmography with standard production information for individual, thematically coded entries and vital information about surviving film prints and their location. The unique study is valuable...recommended""--Library Journal; ""a stunning achievement""--Choice; ""fascinating...will be of value""--ARBA; ""excellent...a wonderful book""--Film & History; ""documents more than 400 American features and short subjects, released between 1909 and 1929, that deal with the issues of militant labor and revolutionary radicalism""--Classic Images."

this painstakingly researched book contains an extensive bibliography and index, as well as a comprehensive filmography with standard production information for individual, thematically coded entries and vital information about surviving film prints and their location. The unique study is valuable...recommended --<i>Library Journal</i>; a stunning achievement --<i>Choice</i>; fascinating...will be of value --<i>ARBA</i>; excellent...a wonderful book --<i>Film & History</i>; documents more than 400 American features and short subjects, released between 1909 and 1929, that deal with the issues of militant labor and revolutionary radicalism --<i>Classic Images.</i>

Author Information

Film historian and media propaganda specialist Michael S. Shull currently teaches film history at George Washington University and teaches mass communications at Montgomery College (both in the Washington, D.C., area). He lives in Germantown, Maryland.

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