The advent of color, big musicals, the studio system, and the beginning of institutionalized censorship made the thirties the defining decade for Hollywood. The year 1939, celebrated as "Hollywood's greatest year," saw the release of such memorable films as Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, and Stagecoach. It was a time when the studios exercised nearly absolute control over their product as well as over such stars as Bette Davis, Clark Gable, and Humphrey Bogart. In this fifth volume of the award-winning series History of the American Cinema, Tino Balio examines...
The advent of color, big musicals, the studio system, and the beginning of institutionalized censorship made the thirties the defining decade for Holl...
Largely shut out of American theaters since the 1920s, foreign films such as Open City, Bicycle Thief, Rashomon, The Seventh Seal, Breathless, La Dolce Vita and L'Avventura played after World War II in a growing number of art houses around the country and created a small but influential art film market devoted to the acquisition, distribution, and exhibition of foreign-language and English-language films produced abroad. Nurtured by successive waves of imports from Italy, Great Britain, France, Sweden, Japan, and the Soviet Bloc, the...
Largely shut out of American theaters since the 1920s, foreign films such as Open City, Bicycle Thief, Rashomon, The Sevent...
Examines the challenges facing the contemporary film industry, exploring the merging of the major old-line studios such as Warner Bros. and Paramount into entertainment conglomerates; the impact of globalization; new distribution methods; franchises; attempts to reach new markets. Filled with case studies, this comprehensive study is a must-read.
Examines the challenges facing the contemporary film industry, exploring the merging of the major old-line studios such as Warner Bros. and Paramount ...
This collection of papers examines the evolving relationship between the motion picture industry and television from the 1940s onwards. The institutional and technological histories of the film and TV industries are looked at, concluding that Hollywood and television had a symbiotic relationship from the start. Aspects covered include the movement of audiences, the rise of the independent producer, the introduction of colour and the emergence of network structure, cable TV and video recorders. Originally published in 1990.
This collection of papers examines the evolving relationship between the motion picture industry and television from the 1940s onwards. The institu...
