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"Spent for us": Capra's technologies of mastery in 'Lady for a Day'

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Issues discussed concern the portrayal of the mother heroine, Apple Annie, in Frank Capra's 1933 film 'Lady for a Day.' Topics addressed include Capra's conceptions of maternity, class relations, and the role of individual creativity in men and women.

Author: Kubek, Elizabeth
Publisher: University Film and Video Association
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 1998
Mothers, Critical Essay, Capra, Frank, Lady for a Day (Motion picture)

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Istvan Szabo: Problems in the Narration of Holocaust Memory

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The author examines a trilogy of Hungarian films depicting the Jewish Holocaust. Topics include narrative style, modernism, and attitudes of Hungarian society towards social history.

Author: Hirsch, Joshua
Publisher: University Film and Video Association
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 1999
Analysis, Hungary, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Motion picture industry, Movie industry, Foreign films, Foreign language movies

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Subjects list: United States, Portrayals, Criticism and interpretation, Filmmakers, Movie directors, Movie producers (Persons)
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