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Author:
Jurca, Catherine, 1964-
Title:
Hollywood 1938 : motion pictures' greatest year / Catherine Jurca.
Publisher:
University of California Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
x, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Motion pictures--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Motion picture audiences--United States--History.
Motion picture industry--History--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History--20th century.
Notes:
"Fletcher Jones Foundation humanities imprint" Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-261), index and filmography.
Contents:
Introduction: Hollywood looks at its audience -- The campaign. Annus horribilis -- Goldwyn's folly -- Such a thing as bad publicity -- The moviegoing habit -- Exhibitors, the movie quiz contest, and a divided industry. The minds of exhibitors -- The carrot and the stick -- The quiz contest on the ground -- What the contest did for me -- Independents rebel -- The campaign and the press. The film industry speaks its mind -- Marginal moviegoers -- The gossip columnists -- The dailies have their say -- The films. "The finest array of productions" -- Ninety-four films -- The death of glamour -- Human films -- The human side of screwball -- You can't take it with you -- Four daughters -- Boys town -- Marie Antoinette -- That's entertainment -- The fourth estate -- Conclusion: motion pictures' worst year.
ISBN:
0520271807 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520271807 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520233700 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520233706 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)756167039
LCCN:
2011040729
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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