Thomas Cripps is University Distinguished Professor at Morgan State University. He is the author of Slow Fade to Black: The Negro in American Film, 1900-1942 and Making Movies Black.

In this study the author has moved from his previous work on the treatment of African-Americans in film to a broader look at Hollywood itself in its studio heyday. Washington Post

• Editor's ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Looking at Hollywood's Classical EraChapter 1. The Incunabula of MoviesChapter 2. Hollywood Becomes HOLLYWOODChapter 3. MoviegoersChapter 4. Red Flags, White Thighs, and Blue MoviesChapter 5. The Sound of the SystemChapter 6. Others' MoviesChapter 7. The High Middle Ages of the Movies: The Great DepressionChapter 8. Genre Movies: Art From a Putty Knife FactoryChapter 9. Hollywood Goes to WarChapter 10. The Long Good-ByeBiographical EssayIndex

Thomas Cripps is University Distinguished Professor at Morgan State University. He is the author of Slow Fade to Black: The Negro in American Film, 1900-1942 and Making Movies Black.

In this study the author has moved from his previous work on the treatment of African-Americans in film to a broader look at Hollywood itself in its studio heyday. Washington Post

• Editor's ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Looking at Hollywood's Classical EraChapter 1. The Incunabula of MoviesChapter 2. Hollywood Becomes HOLLYWOODChapter 3. MoviegoersChapter 4. Red Flags, White Thighs, and Blue MoviesChapter 5. The Sound of the SystemChapter 6. Others' MoviesChapter 7. The High Middle Ages of the Movies: The Great DepressionChapter 8. Genre Movies: Art From a Putty Knife FactoryChapter 9. Hollywood Goes to WarChapter 10. The Long Good-ByeBiographical EssayIndex

Thomas Cripps is University Distinguished Professor at Morgan State University. He is the author of Slow Fade to Black: The Negro in American Film, 1900-1942 and Making Movies Black.

In this study the author has moved from his previous work on the treatment of African-Americans in film to a broader look at Hollywood itself in its studio heyday. Washington Post

• Editor's ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Looking at Hollywood's Classical EraChapter 1. The Incunabula of MoviesChapter 2. Hollywood Becomes HOLLYWOODChapter 3. MoviegoersChapter 4. Red Flags, White Thighs, and Blue MoviesChapter 5. The Sound of the SystemChapter 6. Others' MoviesChapter 7. The High Middle Ages of the Movies: The Great DepressionChapter 8. Genre Movies: Art From a Putty Knife FactoryChapter 9. Hollywood Goes to WarChapter 10. The Long Good-ByeBiographical EssayIndex