In this Book
- The American Film Industry
- Book
- 1985
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
Upon its original publication in 1976, The American Film Industry was welcomed by film students, scholars, and fans as the first systematic and unified history of the American movie industry. Now this indispensible anthology has been expanded and revised to include a fresh introductory overview by editor Tino Balio and ten new chapters that explore such topics as the growth of exhibition as big business, the mode of production for feature films, the star as market strategy, and the changing economics and structure of contemporary entertainment companies. The result is a unique collection of essays, more comprehensive and current than ever, that reveals how the American movie industry really worked in a century of constant change-from kinetoscopes and the coming of sound to the star system, 1950s blacklisting, and today's corporate empires.
Table of Contents
- 1. The Machine
- pp. 27-42
- 2. The History of the Kinetoscope
- pp. 43-56
- Part II: Struggles for Control, 1908-1930
- pp. 103-132
- Part III: A Mature Oligopoly, 1930-1948
- pp. 253-284
- 12. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- pp. 311-333
- 13. Loew's, Inc.
- pp. 334-350
- 15. Self-Regulation in Operation
- pp. 377-400
- 17. Hollywood's International Market
- pp. 463-486
- 18. HUAC: The Mass Hearings
- pp. 487-509
- 20. The Paramount Decrees Reconsidered
- pp. 537-573
- 22. The Changing Economics of Entertainment
- pp. 603-630
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 633-643
- List of Contributors
- pp. 645-648
- Index of Motion Picture Titles
- pp. 649-652
- General Index
- pp. 653-664
Additional Information
Copyright
1985