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- catalog abstract "Hundreds of films belonging to the genre of Hollywood-on-Hollywood movies can be found throughout the history of American cinema, from the days of silents to the present. They include films from genres as far ranging as musical, film noir, melodrama, comedy, and action adventure. Such movies seduce us with the promise of revealing the reality behind the camera. But, as part of the very industry they supposedly critique, they cannot take us behind the scenes in any true sense. This paradox - the simultaneous debunking and celebration of Hollywood - lies at the heart of the genre. Through close analysis of the best of these films. Ames reveals how the idea of Hollywood is constructed (and constructs itself), particularly through such moments of explicit self-referentiality as the movie-within-a-movie and scenes set in studios.".
- catalog contributor b10262585.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Hundreds of films belonging to the genre of Hollywood-on-Hollywood movies can be found throughout the history of American cinema, from the days of silents to the present. They include films from genres as far ranging as musical, film noir, melodrama, comedy, and action adventure. Such movies seduce us with the promise of revealing the reality behind the camera. But, as part of the very industry they supposedly critique, they cannot take us behind the scenes in any true sense.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-244) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Hollywood stories -- 1. Cautionary tales. What price Hollywood? (1932). A star is born (1937) The Star (1952) -- 2. Singin' on the screen. Singin' in the rain (1952) A star is born (1954) -- 3. Let a smile be your umbrella. Sullivan's travels (1941) Pennies from heaven (1981) -- 4. Screen passages. The purple rose of Cairo (1985) Last action hero (1993) -- 5. No business like. Stand-in (1937) The bad and the beautiful (1952) -- 6. Picturing writers. Boy meets girl (1938) In a lonely place (1950) -- 7. Offing the writer. Sunset Boulevard (1950) The player (1992) -- Epilogue: California dreams.".
- catalog description "This paradox - the simultaneous debunking and celebration of Hollywood - lies at the heart of the genre. Through close analysis of the best of these films. Ames reveals how the idea of Hollywood is constructed (and constructs itself), particularly through such moments of explicit self-referentiality as the movie-within-a-movie and scenes set in studios.".
- catalog extent "ix, 254 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Movies about the movies.".
- catalog identifier "0813120187 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Movies about the movies.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,".
- catalog relation "Movies about the movies.".
- catalog subject "791.43/657 21".
- catalog subject "Motion picture industry in motion pictures.".
- catalog subject "PN1995.9.M65 A43 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Hollywood stories -- 1. Cautionary tales. What price Hollywood? (1932). A star is born (1937) The Star (1952) -- 2. Singin' on the screen. Singin' in the rain (1952) A star is born (1954) -- 3. Let a smile be your umbrella. Sullivan's travels (1941) Pennies from heaven (1981) -- 4. Screen passages. The purple rose of Cairo (1985) Last action hero (1993) -- 5. No business like. Stand-in (1937) The bad and the beautiful (1952) -- 6. Picturing writers. Boy meets girl (1938) In a lonely place (1950) -- 7. Offing the writer. Sunset Boulevard (1950) The player (1992) -- Epilogue: California dreams.".
- catalog title "Movies about the movies : Hollywood reflected / Christopher Ames.".
- catalog type "text".