TY - BOOK AU - Schleier,Merrill TI - Skyscraper cinema: architecture and gender in American film SN - 9780816642816 : AV - PN1995.9.S5535 S35 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Minneapolis PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - Skyscrapers in motion pictures KW - Sex role in motion pictures KW - Masculinity in motion pictures KW - Social classes in motion pictures KW - Motion pictures KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-344) and index; Introduction: Constructing the American skyscraper film -- From stumbling blocks to stepping stones : Harold Lloyd's skyscraper films -- Icons of exploitation : gender and class disharmony in the Depression-era skyscraper office -- Masculine heroes, modernism, and political ideology in The fountainhead and The big clock -- Mid-century corporate renewal and gender realignment in Executive suite and Desk set -- Postscript: Recent skyscraper films ER -