Pan-American Highways: American Tourism to Mexico and 1950s Hollywood film

Pan-American Highways: American Tourism to Mexico and 1950s Hollywood film

This article examines American films from the early 1950s which feature journeys to Mexico.  Movies such as Where Danger Lives (John Farrow, 1950), Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950), Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947) and Wetbacks (Hank McCune, 1954) present journeys to Mexico as escapes from...

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Main Author: Stephanie Fuller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Pittsburgh 2014-10-01
Series:CINEJ Cinema Journal
Subjects:
Mexico
automobiles
1950s Hollywood
landscape
tourism
American national identity
Online Access:http://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/92

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