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Author:

Kemper, Tom.

Title:

Hidden talent : the emergence of Hollywood agents / Tom Kemper.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xvii, 293 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Theatrical agents--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Theatrical agencies--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Motion picture industry--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Geschichte 1925-1949
Filmagent
Los Angeles- Hollywood

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

City of agents : the power of place -- Revenge of the agent : Myron Selznick -- A percentage of power : small agents -- Charisma and contracts : Charles Feldman -- Numbers and niches : boutique agencies -- Sealing the deal : the contract industry -- My man Myron : power and persuasion -- What made Myron run? : the whole equation -- Tall in the saddle : agents in the producer's chair -- The deal factory : new fortunes in the forties -- Epilogue: The corporate era : changing channels.

Summary:

This is a history of Hollywood agents as they rose in the studio system in the late 1920s and early 1930s up through the 1940s, demonstrating the central role they played in the classical Hollywood period.

ISBN:

0520257073 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520257078 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520257065 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520257061 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)289070805

LCCN:

2008054360

Locations:

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)