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Author:

Thomson, David, 1941-

Title:

The whole equation : a history of Hollywood / David Thomson.

Edition:

1st Vintage Books ed.

Publisher:

Vintage Books,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

x, 402 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Motion picture industry--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History.
Motion pictures--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History.
Filmkunst.
Filmindustrie.

Notes:

Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-381) and index.

Contents:

The gamble and the lost rights -- Mayer and Thalberg -- The place -- To be in an audience -- Charlie -- By a nose -- The man in the hat ... a woman in gloves -- Stroheim and seeing money -- The frenzy on the wall -- Respect -- At the paradise -- The factory -- Viable business -- Golden? -- Divorce, Hollywood style -- Our town -- The darkness and the light -- In a lonely place -- "What is cinema?" -- A film we can't refuse -- Right before your eyes -- That's all, folks?

ISBN:

9780375701542 (pbk.)
0375701540 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2006270037

Locations:

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)