Thomas Ince
Subtitle: Hollywood's independent pioneer
By: Brian Taves
Series: Screen classics
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780813134222; 9780813134239
Subjects: Biography; Motion picture producers and directors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-354) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Beginnings, 1880-1912. Stage apprenticeship; title: Starting in films; title: Making a reputation, 1912-1915. The job of a producer; title: Establishing a studio; title: Innovations, 1914-1917. Generic experimentation; title: The prescient failure; title: Paramount, 1917-1921. A fresh start; title: The star series; title: World War I and specials; title: The perils of an independent, 1919-1924. Associated producers, 1919-1921; title: The inevitable merger, 1921-1922; title: War with First National, 1922; title: The studio resumes production, 1922-1923; title: Case study of a production and its personnel: Her reputation, 1922-1923; title: Initial distribution beyond First National, 1923; title: At the crossroads, 1923-1924; title: The steady hum of independent production, 1924; title: Epilogue.