Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction 1) The Emergence of the Hollywood Family Feature, 1930-1939 2) Walt Disney and the Beginnings of Feature Animation 3) The Middlebrow Family Film, 1940-1953 4) The Traditional Family Film in Decline, 1953-1968 5) The Independents: Pal, Harryhausen and Radnitz 6) The Modern Family Film and the New Hollywood, 1977-1995 7) The Family Audience and the Global Media Environment Conclusion Select Filmography Select Bibliography Notes Index

Promotional Information

The Hollywood family film is one of the most popular, commercially-successful and culturally significant forms of mass entertainment. This book provides the history of the Hollywood family film, tracing its development from its beginnings in the 1930s to its global box-office dominance today.

About the Author

Noel Brown recently obtained his PhD in Film Studies from Newcastle University. He is currently an independent scholar and writer on cinema.