Introduction -- The first quarter century: 1914/1939, let battle commence -- The 1940s: reissue bust and boom -- The 1940s: case studies: haphazard reissue -- The 1950s: television haunts the industry -- The 1950s: case studies: building a reissue arsenal -- 1960/1963: the jury is out -- 1964/1966: the turning point -- 1967/1967: husbandry: the "threeissue": reissuing the reissue -- the 1960s: case studies: reissue royalty, old retainers and loyal courtiers -- 1970/1973: sentence commuted -- 1974/1979: the rollercoaster ride -- the 1970s: case studies: slow burners and surprise packets -- 1980/1999: brave new goldmine -- 2000/2014: bigger than ever: how did that happen -- Epilogue or prologue? what next for the reissue?.
Summary:
"This is the untold hundred-year story of how old movies saved new Hollywood. Covering the booms and busts of a recycling business that became its own industry, the author describes how the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Humphrey Bogart and Alfred Hitchcock won over new generations of audiences, and explores the lasting appeal"-- Provided by publisher.
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