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Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
"Americans flocked to the movies in 1945 and 1946 - a critical juncture in American history and American cinema and the central point of the three-decade heyday of the studio system's sound era. Best Years recaptures this transformative time through a rich blend of screen genres - from the battlefront to the home front, the peace film to the woman's film, psychological drama, and the period's provocative new style, film noir. In Atlanta and Detroit,...