The Hollywood Story: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the American Movie Business but Didn't Know Where to Look / Edition 1

by Joel Finler

Overview

This fully revised and updated edition of an award-winning classic traces the history of Hollywood from the silent era to the present day. The Hollywood Storycomprehensively covers every aspect of movie-making in America, taking in nickelodeans, drive-ins and multiplexes; the transition from silent to sound, black and white to color; the relationships of producers, directors, stars and technicians; and the function and output of the studios - their major hits and most expensive flops.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781903364666
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	11/12/2003
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	428
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Joel W. Finler is the author of numerous books about cinema including The Movie Directors Story and All Time Movie Favourites and several on directors such as Alfred Hitchcock. He is also a picture archivist.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part One. The Hollywood Movie Industry
Hollywood and the Silver Screen
From One-reelers to CinemaScope
Movies and Finance
Hollywood Movie-makers
Honours and Awards
Part Two. The Major Studios
Columbia
Fox
MGM
Paramount
RKO
United Artists
Universal
Warner Bros.
Disney
Part Three. Facts and Figures
Leading Creative Personnel
Box Office Hits
General Statistics

Editorial Reviews

A book that more than lives up to its claims.... For all those unable to store sixty years of Variety under the bed, Mr. Finler has performed an invaluable service. (of the first edition)

The Economist