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Alcohol in the movies, 1898-1962 : a critical history / Judy Cornes.
- Title
- Alcohol in the movies, 1898-1962 : a critical history / Judy Cornes.
- Author
- Cornes, Judy, 1945-
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN1995.9.A45 C67 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 251 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Here is a study of 64 years of alcohol as portrayed in film. Beginning with the appearance in 1898 of what is probably the first commercial: a 30-second film of men in kilts dancing and the words "Scotch Whiskey" appearing in the background. The final film is 1962's Days of Wine and Roses, which addresses alcoholism"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-242) and index.
- Includes filmography: p. 221-230.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1 Comic Situations 11 -- 2 No Way Out 24 -- 3 Gangsters and Prohibition 50 -- 4 The White Logic of W.C. Fields 73 -- 5 Alcohol and the High Life in the 1930s 95 -- 6 Alcohol and the Thwarted Artist 116 -- 7 Three Stars Are Born 147 -- 8 The Alcoholic Reporter 169 -- 9 The Alcoholic Marriage: The 1950s and Beyond 191.
- ISBN
- 0786426330 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 9780786426331
- LCCN
- ^^2006018555
- OCLC
- 70062983
- SCSB-12688092
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library