A history of American movies
Subtitle: a film-by-film look at the art, craft, and business of cinema
By: Paul Monaco
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780810874336; 9780810874343; 9780810874398
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Classic Hollywood, 1927-1948. Establishing Hollywood; title: Early synchronous sound; title: Classic Hollywood takes form; title: Banner years; title: Red, white, blue and "noir"; title: Post-war triumphs and reversals; title: Hollywood in transition 1949-1974. Post-war unravelings; title: Declining audiences, initial responses; title: Hollywood on the ropes; title: Indications of revival; title: Conglomerate control, movie brats, and creativity; title: New Hollywood, 1975-2009. Origins of Hollywood divided; title: Mixed styles, mixed messages; title: Hollywood in the 1980s; title: New Hollywood enters the digital age; title: Hollywood enters the twenty-first century; title: Conclusion.