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Sklar, Robert Anthony was born on December 3, 1936 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of Leon George and Lilyn (Fuchs) Sklar.
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Hailed as the definitive work upon its original publication in 1975 and now extensively revised and updated by the author, this vastly absorbing and richly illustrated book examines film as an art form, technological innovation, big business, and shaper of American values. Ever since Edison's peep shows first captivated urban audiences, film has had a revolutionary impact on American society, transforming culture from the bottom up, radically revising attitudes toward pleasure and sexuality, and at the same time, cementing the myth of the American dream. No book has measured film's impact more clearly or comprehensively than Movie-Made America. This vastly readable and richly illustrated volume examines film as art form, technological innovation, big business, and cultural bellwether. It takes in stars from Douglas Fairbanks to Sly Stallone; auteurs from D. W. Griffith to Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee; and genres from the screwball comedy of the 1930s to the "hard body" movies of the 1980s to the independents films of the 1990s. Combining panoramic sweep with detailed commentaries on hundreds of individual films, Movie-Made America is a must for any motion picture enthusiast.
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Often presented as a gangster, newspaper reporter, or private eye, the "city boy" seemed the quintessential product of urban America, although he was more a model for his audience than a mirror of social actuality. While blending the stories of the professional and political lives of Cagney, Bogart, and Garfield into one fascinating narrative, Robert Sklar probes the cultural forces that produced this vivid cultural icon and examines its power over masculine self-definition.
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Sklar, Robert Anthony was born on December 3, 1936 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of Leon George and Lilyn (Fuchs) Sklar.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Princeton University, 1958; student, University Bonn, West Germany, 1959-1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1965.
Rewrite man, Associated Press, Newark, 1958-1959;
staff reporter, Los Angeles Times, 1959;
assistant professor program, American culture University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1965-1969;
associate professor of history, American culture University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1969-1975;
professor of history, American culture University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1975-1976;
member of national humanities faculty, American culture University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1972-1973;
visiting professor, U. Auckland, New Zealand, 1970;
visiting professor, U. Tokyo, 1971;
visiting professor, Bard College, 1975-1976;
cultural historian, writer on movies, television, American culture and society Guggenheim fellow, 1970-1971;
Rockefeller Foundation Humanities fellow, 1976-1977;
professor cinema, New York University, since 1977;
department chairman cinema studies, New York University, 1977-1981. Head interpretation American Museum of Moving Image. Member selection committee New York Film Festival, since 1996.
Member National Film Preservation Board, since 1997.
(Hailed as the definitive work upon its original publicati...)
( Often presented as a gangster, newspaper reporter, or p...)
( Often presented as a gangster, newspaper reporter, or p...)
(For undergraduate and graduate-level courses in History o...)
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(Life on and behind the Television Screen.)
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Member American Studies Association (vice president 1971), Society Cinema Studies (president 1979-1981).
Married Kathryn Sue Kish, November 27, 1958 (divorced 1979). Children– Leonard, Susan. Married Adrienne E. Harris, June 11, 1982.