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Classic HW Cinema: The Frontier Motif & Continuity Style

The Persistence of Certain Formal and Thematic Tendencies in HW Robert B. Ray, A Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1980 Commercialism and Hollywood’s Stability At the heart of HW’s stability based on the strategy of avoiding sudden and drastic changes … Continue reading

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