{"product_id":"100-movies-of-the-1930s-hrsg-von-jurgen-muller","title":"100 Movies of the 1930s","description":"\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        From Tod Browning’s \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eDracula \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        (1931) to Charlie Chaplin’s \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eThe Great Dictator\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         (1940), this tome explores \n                    \n                    \u003cstrong\u003ea diverse and fascinating era in world cinema\u003c\/strong\u003e\n                                        .\n                    \n                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                        \n                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         The stock market crash of 1929 had left America — and the globe — in a devastating depression that would not begin to lift until World War II. With so many jobless, penniless, broken people singing the blues, is it any wonder that Hollywood strove to distract viewers from their misery with comedies like Chaplin’s \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eModern Times\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         (1936), Capra’s feel-good \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eMr. Deeds Goes to Town\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         (1936), and the Marx Brothers’ hilarious \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eDuck Soup\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         (1933), thrillers such as Hitchcock’s seminal \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eThe 39 Steps\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         (1935) or Hawks’s \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eScarface \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        (1932), or the epic romantic classic \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         (1939)?\n                    \n                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                        \n                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         While American moviegoers flocked to the theaters to escape their troubles and find solace in \n                    \n                    \u003cstrong\u003ethe magical world of Hollywood movies\u003c\/strong\u003e\n                                        , filmmakers in Europe were experimenting with\n                    \n                    \u003cstrong\u003e new techniques\u003c\/strong\u003e\n                                         in a medium that had only recently gained sound; Fritz Lang’s German Expressionist \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eM\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         (1931) and Jean Renoir’s anti-war masterpiece \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eLa Grande Illusion\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         (1937) greatly enhanced cinema as an art form, while Leni Riefenstahl’s visually stunning \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eOlympia \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        (1936—38) pushed the limits of the medium’s technical capacities. It’s clear that while the 1930s were a time of poverty and struggle for many people, the world of cinema was much enriched.\n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n            \u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783836561051\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9783836561051","offer_id":58856165769541,"sku":"9783836561051","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/73461_0ea57a3d-fd3d-400c-92bf-59549e5b4f3c.jpg?v=1787200517","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/100-movies-of-the-1930s-hrsg-von-jurgen-muller","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}