Cecil B. DeMille, Classical Hollywood, and Modern American Mass Culture 1910-1960 /

• Main Author: Blanke, David (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Motion pictures-United States.; Motion pictures-History.; Popular Culture.; United States-Study and teaching.; Communication.; American Cinema and TV.; Film History.; Popular Culture .; American Culture.; Media and Communication.

This book uses the long and profitable career of Cecil B. DeMille to track the evolution of Classical Hollywood and its influence on emerging mass commercial culture in the US. DeMille's success rested on how well his films presumed a broad consensus in the American public-expressed through con...