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CIN374: American Cinema of the Studio Era

A comprehensive guide to finding scholarly books and journal articles about the American studio era, roughly 1930-1970.

Finding Books - Authorship / Auteur Theory

Use UTCat Browse/Subject, and enter any of the headings below, exactly as they appear, in the search box, then choose Subject from the drop-down menu.

  • auteur theory (motion pictures)
  • motion picture authorship
  • motion picture industry social aspects
  • motion pictures aesthetics
  • motion pictures philosophy
  • motion pictures political aspects

for Individual directors (search as above):

  • capra frank
  • cukor george
  • ford john
  • hawks howard
  • hitchcock alfred
  • lang fritz
  • lubitsch ernst
  • mann anthony
  • ray nicholas
  • siodmak robert
  • sirk douglas
  • sturges preston
  • vidor king
  • welles orson
  • wellman william
  • wilder bill
  • wyler william

Bibliographies - Authorship/Auteur Theory

from University of California-Berkeley Library:

Individual Directors' Bibliographies (Includes books and journal articles)

  • capra frank
  • cukor george
  • ford john
  • hawks howard
  • hitchcock alfred
  • lang fritz
  • lubitsch ernst
  • mann anthony
  • ray nicholas
  • siodmak robert
  • sirk douglas
  • sturges preston
  • vidor king
  • welles orson
  • wellman william
  • wilder bill
  • wyler william

from Oxford Bibliographies Online:

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