The genius of the system : Hollywood filmmaking in the studio era /
Schatz, Thomas, 1948-
The genius of the system : Hollywood filmmaking in the studio era / Thomas Schatz ; preface by Steven Bach. - 1st University of Minnesota Press ed. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010. - xii, 514 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1989.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-507) and index.
Introduction: "the whole equation of pictures" -- The 1920's: beginnings. Universal: the system takes shape -- MGM: dawn of the Thalberg era -- Selznick at MGM: climbing the executive ranks -- Warner Bros.: talking their way to the top -- 1928-1932: the powers that be. Selznick at Paramount: from boom to bust -- Universal: renaissance and retrenchment -- MGM and Thalberg: alone at the top -- Selznick at RKO: at the helm of a foundering studio -- Warner Bros.: the Zanuck era -- the 1930s: golden age. MGM in the mid-thirties: charmed interval -- Selznick international pictures: going independent -- Warner Bros.: power plays and prestige -- Universal: playng both ends against the middle -- MGM: life after Thalberg -- Selznick and Hitchcock: balance of power -- 1941-1946: war boom. Warner Bros.: warfare at home and abroad -- David O. Selznick Productions: packaging prestige -- Universal: the best of both worlds -- MGM: the high cost of quality -- Selznick and Hitchcock: separate ways -- 1947-1960: decline. Warner Bros.: top of the world, end of the line -- MGM: last gasp of the studio era -- Universal: blueprint for the television age -- Epilogue: into the new Hollywood.
9780816670109 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009052318
Motion picture industry--History--United States--Los Angeles--20th century.
Motion picture studios--History--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Motion pictures--History--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
20151200.
Industria cinematográfica--Estados Unidos.
Cine--Producción y dirección.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History--20th century.
Hollywood (Estados Unidos)--Historia.
PN 1993.5 / S312g 2010
384.80979494
The genius of the system : Hollywood filmmaking in the studio era / Thomas Schatz ; preface by Steven Bach. - 1st University of Minnesota Press ed. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010. - xii, 514 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1989.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-507) and index.
Introduction: "the whole equation of pictures" -- The 1920's: beginnings. Universal: the system takes shape -- MGM: dawn of the Thalberg era -- Selznick at MGM: climbing the executive ranks -- Warner Bros.: talking their way to the top -- 1928-1932: the powers that be. Selznick at Paramount: from boom to bust -- Universal: renaissance and retrenchment -- MGM and Thalberg: alone at the top -- Selznick at RKO: at the helm of a foundering studio -- Warner Bros.: the Zanuck era -- the 1930s: golden age. MGM in the mid-thirties: charmed interval -- Selznick international pictures: going independent -- Warner Bros.: power plays and prestige -- Universal: playng both ends against the middle -- MGM: life after Thalberg -- Selznick and Hitchcock: balance of power -- 1941-1946: war boom. Warner Bros.: warfare at home and abroad -- David O. Selznick Productions: packaging prestige -- Universal: the best of both worlds -- MGM: the high cost of quality -- Selznick and Hitchcock: separate ways -- 1947-1960: decline. Warner Bros.: top of the world, end of the line -- MGM: last gasp of the studio era -- Universal: blueprint for the television age -- Epilogue: into the new Hollywood.
9780816670109 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009052318
Motion picture industry--History--United States--Los Angeles--20th century.
Motion picture studios--History--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Motion pictures--History--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
20151200.
Industria cinematográfica--Estados Unidos.
Cine--Producción y dirección.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History--20th century.
Hollywood (Estados Unidos)--Historia.
PN 1993.5 / S312g 2010
384.80979494