Patrick Keating Wins Award for Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir

A belated congratulations to Patrick Keating’s whose book Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir was selected by the Society of Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) as the Best First Book in 2011. The award was presented to Keating this past weekend at the SCMS annual conference.

Congratulations also to Peter Decherney, author of Hollywood and the Culture Elite: How the Movies Became American, who won the service award which honors individuals who have demonstrated sustained commitment to the Society.