The Hollywood StoryThis 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 |
RKO | 209 |
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