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Author:

Schatz, Thomas, 1948- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80133661

Title:

The genius of the system : Hollywood filmmaking in the studio era / Thomas Schatz ; preface by Steven Bach.

Edition:

First University of Minnesota Press edition.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xii, 514 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Motion picture industry--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Motion picture studios--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Motion pictures--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History--20th century.

Notes:

This edition originally published: New York, N.Y. : Henry Holt and Co., c1996. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

0816670102
9780816670109

OCLC:

(OCoLC)475453475

LCCN:

2009052318

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)