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
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780810874336; 9780810874343; 9780810874398
Subjects: Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century; Motion picture industry -- United States -- Los  Angeles -- History -- 20th century; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
Description: The book focuses on 170 of the most highly regarded and recognized feature films selected by the Hollywood establishment: each Oscar winner for Best Picture, as well as those voted the greatest by members of the American Film Institute. By focusing on a select group of films that represent the epitome of these collaborations, Monaco provides an essential history of one of the modern world's most complex and successful cultural institutions: Hollywood. --from publisher description
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.