Farewell John Barleycorn

Author : Martin Hintz
Publisher : Lerner Publications
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Total Pages : 96 pages
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Download or read book Farewell, John Barleycorn written by Martin Hintz and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses alcohol consumption in colonial America, the temperance movements of the nineteenth century, and the impact that the prohibition of alcohol had on the nation.

Author : Judy Cornes
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476607362
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alcohol in the Movies, 1898-1962 written by Judy Cornes and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1906 film called The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend shows a man drinking and eating voraciously at a restaurant, then going home to bed. In the surreal scenes that follow, furniture disappears, tiny devils poke the man's head with pitchforks, and his bed hurls itself out the window and across the city. But it wasn't commentary on drinking; rather, it was a showcase of early special effects--double exposure photography, panning shots, and montage. Turn-of-the-century films typically treated drinking as a subject for comedy and ridicule, and the comic possibilities translated well into silent movies. As talkies developed and the film industry matured, alcohol's portrayal was reflected in the times: prohibition, the Great Depression, the war years, and as social commentary. Here is a study of 64 years of alcohol as portrayed in film. The author begins with the appearance in 1898 of what is probably the first commercial: a 30-second film of men in kilts dancing and the words "Scotch Whiskey" appearing in the background. The final film is 1962's Days of Wine and Roses, which addresses alcoholism. The author includes a film from each decade, those with artistic or historical value, those that represent the comedy, drama and musical genres, and well-known pictures such as The Lost Weekend and A Star Is Born. The first three chapters cover 1903 to 1939. The remaining chapters follow not a timeline but the growing complexity of the movies. A recurring motif is the use of the term "white logic," a phrase used by writer Jack London in his 1913 memoir John Barleycorn. It refers to disillusionment with everyday life brought on by and exacerbated by alcohol. An annotated filmography lists the date, source and other relevant information about movies in this study.

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Total Pages : 1216 pages
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Author : Ludwig Christian Friedrich Herrig
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Total Pages : 744 pages
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Total Pages : 1256 pages
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Total Pages : 1164 pages
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Author : Mary Bannister Willard
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Total Pages : 1646 pages
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Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Total Pages : 908 pages
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Author : J. C.
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Total Pages : 218 pages
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