The genius of the system
Subtitle: Hollywood filmmaking in the studio era
By: Thomas Schatz ; preface by Steven Bach.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780816670109
Subjects: Motion picture industry -- United States -- Los  Angeles -- History -- 20th century; Motion picture studios -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century; Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "the whole equation of pictures"; title: The 1920's: beginnings. Universal: the system takes shape; title: MGM: dawn of the Thalberg era; title: Selznick at MGM: climbing the executive ranks; title: Warner Bros.: talking their way to the top; title: 1928-1932: the powers that be. Selznick at Paramount: from boom to bust; title: Universal: renaissance and retrenchment; title: MGM and Thalberg: alone at the top; title: Selznick at RKO: at the helm of a foundering studio; title: Warner Bros.: the Zanuck era; title: the 1930s: golden age. MGM in the mid-thirties: charmed interval; title: Selznick international pictures: going independent; title: Warner Bros.: power plays and prestige; title: Universal: playng both ends against the middle; title: MGM: life after Thalberg; title: Selznick and Hitchcock: balance of power; title: 1941-1946: war boom. Warner Bros.: warfare at home and abroad; title: David O. Selznick Productions: packaging prestige; title: Universal: the best of both worlds; title: MGM: the high cost of quality; title: Selznick and Hitchcock: separate ways; title: 1947-1960: decline. Warner Bros.: top of the world, end of the line; title: MGM: last gasp of the studio era; title: Universal: blueprint for the television age; title: Epilogue: into the new Hollywood.