Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films

by Larry Langman

From the 1920s and 1930s, when American cinema depicted the South as a demi-paradise populated by wealthy landowners, glamorous belles, and happy slaves, through later, more realistic depictions of the region in films based on works by Erskine Caldwell, Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner, and Robert Penn Warren, Hollywood's view of the South has been as ever-changing as the place itself. This comprehensive reference guide to Southern films offers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313318867
• ISBN13: 9780313318863
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"