Matthew Bernstein Books
Walter Wanger, Hollywood independent
The long, colorful career of Walter Wanger (1894-1968) is one of Hollywood's greatest untold stories. Married to actress Joan Bennett, he is perhaps best remembered for shooting her lover in a Beve...
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Controlling Hollywood: Censorship And Regulation In The Studio Era
A Capacity For Evil : The 1915 Supreme Court Mutual Decision / Garth S. Jowett -- Moral Coercion, Or The National Board Of Censorship Ponders The Vice Films / Shelley Stamp -- The King Of Kings And...
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Controlling Hollywood: Censorship And Regulation In The Studio Era
By Matthew Bernstein, Edited And With An Introduction By Matthew Bernstein
A Capacity For Evil : The 1915 Supreme Court Mutual Decision / Garth S. Jowett -- Moral Coercion, Or The National Board Of Censorship Ponders The Vice Films / Shelley Stamp -- The King Of Kings And...
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Visions Of The East: Orientalism In Film
By Matthew Bernstein, Matthew Bernstein (Editor)
The Sheik. Pépé le Moko. Casablanca. Aladdin. Some of the most popular and frequently discussed titles in movie history are imbued with orientalism, the politically-charged way in which western art...
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Visions Of The East: Orientalism In Film
By Gaylyn Studlar, Matthew Bernstein, Matthew Bernstein (Editor)
The Sheik. Pépé le Moko. Casablanca. Aladdin. Some of the most popular and frequently discussed titles in movie history are imbued with orientalism, the politically-charged way in which western art...
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Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent
By Matthew Bernstein, Foreword By Robert Wise
Insofar as Wanger's career spans the history of the Hollywood golden era and its breakup, and insofar as Bernstein doesn't simply tell the story of a life but rightly situates that life within cont...
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