The Hollywood StoryWallflower, 2003 - 419 pages 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. |
Contents
PART ONE THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIE INDUSTRY | 11 |
PART TWO THE MAJOR HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS | 79 |
Paramount | 125 |
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