The Hollywood Story

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Wallflower Press, 2003 - Biography & Autobiography - 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

Hollywood and the Silver Screen
13
Movies and Finance
36
Hollywood Moviemakers
51
Honours and Awards
65
PART TWOTHE MAJOR HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
79
Fox
109
MGM
140
Paramount
173
United Artists
232
Universal
256
Warner Bros
283
Disney
317
PART THREE THE FACTS AND FIGURES
335
Box Office Hits
356
Bibliography
383
Copyright

RKO
209

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About the author (2003)

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.

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