The Hollywood Message Movie from World War II to the Civil Rights Era
Cripps, Thomas
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Paperback
399 pages
Halftones Throughout
Published: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN / EAN: 0195076699
Surveys the involvement of Blacks in the American cinema from World War II to the 1950s, discussing the attention to black life in films such as "Cabin in the Sky", "Pinky" and "Intruder in the Dust". It also depicts the rise of black film stars such as