hollywood - triumph of the studio system (thomas schatz)

Thomas Schatz recalls Hollywood's Golden Age from the 1920s until the dawn of television in the late 1940s, when quality films were produced swiftly and cost efficiently thanks to the intricate design of the system. 'Brings the pace and confusion and inspiration of filmmaking to life.Schatz has made a lasting contribution to film history.' - Directors Guild of America Newsletter From the Author:īook Description Paperback. This book provides that.' - Elizabeth Kendall, The New York Times Book Review But one can't do either without the means to make sense of it.

'There was much to criticize in the Hollywood system, and much to marvel at.

'Elizabeth Kendall, The New York Times Book Review'īrings the pace and confusion and inspiration of filmmaking to life.Schatz has made a lasting contribution to film history. There was much to criticize in the Hollywood system, and much to marvel at. 'Brings the pace and confusion and inspiration of filmmaking to life.Schatz has made a lasting contribution to film history.' -'Directors Guild of America Newsletter' Elizabeth Kendall, 'The New York Times Book Review' Koppes and Gregory D.'There was much to criticize in the Hollywood system, and much to marvel at. Norden - Standards and practices : aesthetic norm and technological innovation in the American cinema / James Lastra - Crime pays : the studios' labor deals in the 1930s / Denise Hartsough - 'Baby face' or How Joe Breen made Barbara Stanwyck atone for causing the Wall Street crash / Richard Maltby - What to show the world : the Office of War Information and Hollywood, 1942-1945 / Clayton R. Allen - Narrative authority and social narrativity : the cinematic reconstitution of Brontë's Jane Eyre / Jeffrey Sconce - The Tarzan films : an analysis of determinants of maintenance and change in conventions / Derral Cheatwood - Women in the early film industry / Martin F. Lewis / Paul Kerr - 'A triumph of bitchery' : Warner Bros., Bette Davis, and Jezebel / Thomas Schatz - Deep-focus cinematography / David Bordwell - William Fox presents Sunrise / Robert C. Notes on Columbia Pictures Corporation 1926-41 / Edward Buscombe - How Howard Hanks brought Baby up : an apologia for the studio system / Richard B.

Hollywood - triumph of the studio system (thomas schatz)