{"product_id":"paris-in-the-dark-going-to-the-movies-in-the-city-of-light-1930-1950-paperback","title":"Paris in the Dark: Going to the Movies in the City of Light, 1930-1950 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Smoodin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eParis in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e Eric Smoodin takes readers on a journey through the streets, cinemas, and theaters of Paris to sketch a comprehensive picture of French film culture during the 1930s and 1940s. Drawing on a wealth of journalistic sources, Smoodin recounts the ways films moved through the city, the favored stars, and what it was like to go to the movies in a city with hundreds of cinemas. In a single week in the early 1930s, moviegoers might see Hollywood features like \u003ci\u003eKing Kong\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, the new Marlene Dietrich and Maurice Chevalier movies, and any number of films from Italy, Germany, and Russia. Or they could frequent the city's cin -clubs, which were hosts to the cin phile subcultures of Paris. At other times, a night at the movies might result in an evening of fascist violence, even before the German Occupation of Paris, while after the war the city's cinemas formed the space for reconsolidating French film culture. In mapping the cinematic geography of Paris, Smoodin expands understandings of local film exhibition and the relationships of movies to urban space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Smoodin is Professor of American Studies at the University of California, Davis, and author of \u003ci\u003eRegarding Frank Capra: Audience, Celebrity, and American Film Studies, 1930-1960\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eLooking Past the Screen: Case Studies in American Film History and Method\u003c\/i\u003e, both also published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 27, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807341379872,"sku":"9781478006923","price":51.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/95149a5ee59b4361ccae619220ae11e6.webp?v=1780930347","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/paris-in-the-dark-going-to-the-movies-in-the-city-of-light-1930-1950-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}