Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
Series |
Routledge advances in film studies |
Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 'Pictures Seem to Run in Cycles': Industry Discourse and the Economics of Cycles; 2 The Girl Reporter Pictures: Programmer Cycles and Modes of Seriality; 3 The Prestige Cycle of Historical Biopics: Measuring the Deluge; 4 The Wartime Musical Revues: Cycles, Topicality, and Industrial Flux; 5 The Anti-Prejudice Pictures and the Process of Cycles; 6 The Biblical Epics: Blockbuster Cycles and Market Control in the 'New Era' |
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7 Beach Party Pictures: Independent Production, Circulation, and Market ExploitationConclusion: Cycles in Post-Classical Hollywood; Index |
Summary |
This book explores the ways in which Hollywood film cycles from the 1930s to the 1960s were shaped by their surrounding industrial contexts and market environments, to build an inclusive conception of the form, operation, and function of film cycles. By foregrounding patterns of distribution, spaces of exhibition, and modes of consumption as key components of the form and mechanics of cycles, this book develops a methodology for defining cycles based on an analysis of the industry and trade discourse. Applying her unique framework to six case studies of different cycles, Zoe Wallin blends a wide range of historical sources to analyze the many cultural, social, political, aesthetic, and industrial contexts relevant to these films |
Notes |
<P>Introduction </P><P></P><P>Chapter One: 'Pictures Seem to Run in Cycles': Industry Discourse and the Economics of Cycles </P><P></P><P>Chapter Two: The Girl Reporter Pictures: Programmer Cycles and Modes of Seriality</P><P></P><P>Chapter Three: The Prestige Cycle of Historical Biopics: Measuring the Deluge</P><P></P><P>Chapter Four: The Wartime Musical Revues: Cycles, Topicality and Industrial Flux </P><P>Chapter Five: The Anti-Prejudice Pictures and the Process of Cycles</P><P></P><P>Chapter Six: The Biblical Epics: Blockbuster Cycles and Market Control in the 'New Era'</P><P></P><P>Chapter Seven: Beach Party Pictures: Independent Production, Circulation and Market Exploitation</P><P></P><P>Chapter Eight: Conclusion: Cycles in Post-Classical Hollywood</P> |
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Subject |
Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
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Film genres -- History and criticism
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Film genres.
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Motion pictures.
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California -- Los Angeles.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780429534546 |
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042953454X |
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9780429521072 |
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0429521073 |
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9780429549243 |
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0429549245 |
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9780429244339 |
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0429244339 |
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