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Author Schatz, Thomas, 1948-

Title Boom and bust : the American cinema in the 1940s / Thomas Schatz.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Scribner, 1997.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  791.4309 H629 v. 6    ---  Available
Description xii, 571 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Series History of the American cinema ; v. 6
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-533) and indexes.
Contents Motion picture industry in 1940-1941 -- Hollywood studio system in 1940-1941 : duals, B's, and the industry discourse about its audience / Janet Singer -- Prewar stars, genres, and production trends -- Motion picture industry during World War II -- Hollywood studio system, 1942-1945 : selling Mildred Pierce : a case study / Mary Beth Haralovich -- Wartime stars, genres, and production trends -- Regulating the screen : the Office of Information and the Production Code Administration / Clayton R. Koppes -- Postwar motion picture industry : SAG, HUAC, and postwar Hollywood / Gorham Kindem -- Hollywood studio system, 1946-1949 -- Postwar stars, genres, and production trends -- Documenting the 1940s / Thomas Doherty -- Television and Hollywood in the 1940s / Christopher Anderson -- Experimental and avant-garde cinema in the 1940s / Lauren Rabinovitz.
Subject Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
Motion picture industry -- History.
ISBN 0684191512 (alk. paper)

 
    
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