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University of Minnesota Press
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Subjects
Motion pictures, Motion picture industry, History, Motion picture studios, Motion pictures, united states, Hollywood (los angeles, calif.), history
Places
United States, California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Times
20th century

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Table of Contents

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.

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Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Minneapolis

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384/.80979494
Library of Congress
PN1993.5.U65 S3 2010, PN1993.5.U65S3 2010

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p. cm.

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OL23989087M
ISBN 13
9780816670109
LCCN
2009052318
OCLC/WorldCat
475453475

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