America's corporate art : the studio authorship of Hollywood motion pictures /
Christensen, Jerome,1948-
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,
c2012.
The rackets : entertainment inc. and the Warners gang (1928-1939) -- MGM and the invention of the postwar era : Mrs. Miniver and Battleground (1940-1949) -- "'Til the stars go cold" : Singin' in the rain, The band wagon, and Executive suite (1952-1954) -- Ownership and authorship : Warners' Fountainhead and Hitchcock's Vertigo (1949-1958) -- Saving Warner Bros. : Bonnie and Clyde, the movements, and the merger (1964-1968) -- Post-Warners Warners : Batman and JFK; You've got mail (1989-1998) -- The conscience of a corporation : toys united the Disney-Pixar merger, and the assertion of "cultural" authorship (1939-2006).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Motion picture studios
Motion picture authorship
Motion picture industry