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Masculinity in Classical Hollywood Filmmaking

• Why early American cinema emphasized male virility and strength
  
• How (and why) Hollywood attempted to prevent the sexual objectification of male movie stars
  
• Ways in which masculinity was performed in film during the 1920s and 1930s
  
• How the form and content of film noir reflected gender anxieties post World War II
  
• Films in which masculine ideals were challenged / were reaffirmed in the 1950s
  
• Why Rebel Without a Cause is both progressive and regressive when it comes to gender