Robert R. Shandley: Runaway Romances

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>How Hollywood's European travelogues chronicled Americans' self-discovery<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781592139453&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="2003_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>Runaway Romances</h1> <H2>Hollywood's Postwar Tour of Europe</H2> <h3>Robert R. Shandley</h3> <P>cloth 1-59213-945-0 $65.50, May 09, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Available</FONT> <br>Electronic Book 1-59213-947-7 $65.50 <FONT COLOR=#990033>Available</FONT> <BR> 234 pp 6x9 20 halftones </P><BLOCKQUOTE><I><p><i>"Shandley�s careful analysis is informed by a wealth of relevant historical and critical studies.</i> Runaway Romances<i> is both conceptually interesting and original and it is a meaningful scholarly addition to the field."</i> <BR>&#151<b>Antje Ascheid</b>, Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies at the University of Georgia, and author of <i>Hitler�s Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema</i> (Temple)</p></I></BLOCKQUOTE> <p>Postwar America imagined itself young and in love in Europe. And Hollywood films of the era reflected this romantic allure. From a young and na�ve Audrey Hepburn falling in love with Gregory Peck in <i>Roman Holiday</i> to David Lean�s <i>Summertime</i>, featuring Katharine Hepburn�s sexual adventure in Venice, these glossy travelogue romances were shot on location, and established a new model for Hollywood filmmaking. </p> <p>As Robert Shandley shows in <i>Runaway Romances</i>, these films were not only indicative of the ideology of the American-dominated postwar world order, but they also represented a shift in Hollywood production values. Eager to capture new audiences during a period of economic crisis, Hollywood�s European output utilized a variety of devices including location work and the widescreen process to enhance cinematic experience. The films&#151<i>To Catch a Thief, Three Coins in the Fountain,</i> <i>Funny Face</i> among them&#151enticed viewers to visit faraway places for romantic escapades. Films such as <i>A Foreign Affair</i> and <i>I Was a Male War Bride</i> considered what it means to have American troops living abroad. In the process, these travelogue romances captured American fantasies for a brief, but intense, period that ended as audiences grew tired of Old World splendors, and entered into a new era of sexual awakening.</p> <BR> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p> <BR> <h2>Reviews</h2> <p><I>"Shandley persuasively shows that the �travelogue romance� genre has something to tell us about history, culture, and ideology as well as film aesthetics and economics. He weaves original research into a compelling narrative argument. This is an excellent book of cultural history and film history."</I><br>&#151<b>Peter Lev</b>, Professor in the Department of Electronic Media and Film at Towson University, and author of <i>The Fifties: Transforming the Screen, 1950-1959</i> <p><i>"In this pleasant monograph, Shandley examines Hollywood's 'European Travelogue romances, 1947-1964,' which he imagines to constitute a genre.... This is a book for those interested in specialized film and genre study."</i> <br>&#151<b><i>Choice</i></b> <p><i>"Robert R. Shandley's intriguing new text </i>Runaway Romances<i> offers a fresh, in-depth analysis of a genre....[T]his seminal work [is] a must for film enthusiast[s] historians, and researchers." </i> <br>&#151<b><i>Film and History</i></b> <p><i>"Shandley makes the case for what he calls runaway or travelog romances as a legitimate film genre.... In this well-researched book, he devotes chapters to the 'occupation romance' and the use of widescreen and also includes an extensive bibliography. A useful analysis."</i><br>&#151<b><i>Library Journal</i></b> <p><i>"[D]elightful and perceptive.... Shandley's solid grasp of the basics of filmmaking is apparent throughout, and he is a careful, credible, trustworthy reader of film narrative, often getting at meaning by looking at how films create and solve problems.... [T]his [is a] thoughtful and engaging book." </i><br>&#151<b> <i>American Studies</i></b> <BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P> <p>Preface <br>Introduction <br>1. Hollywood�s Move Abroad <br>2. How Rome Saved Hollywood <br>3. Foreign Affairs: Metaphors of Transatlantic Relations <br>4. Tourists with Big Cameras: Widescreen Runaways and Class Mobility <br>5. Marrying the Enemy: The Occupation Romance <br>6. The End of the European Romance <br>Notes <br>Filmography <br>Bibliography <br>Index <br><i>Photographs follow page 110</i> </P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <table><tr><td valign="top"><img src="/tempress/authors/2003_au1.gif" height="90" width="75"></td><td width="100%" valign="middle"><p><b>Robert R. Shandley</b>is Associate Professor of Film studies and German at Texas A&M University. He is the author of <i><a href="1593_reg.html" target="_top">Rubble Films: German Cinema in the Shadow of the Third Reich </a></i>(Temple) and editor of <i>Unwilling Germans? The Goldhagen Debate</i>.</P></td></tr></table> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/cinema.html" TARGET="_top">Cinema Studies</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/history.html" TARGET="_top">History</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/american.html" TARGET="_top">American Studies</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781592139453&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2015 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. 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