| Description |
1 online resource (280 pages) |
| Series |
Techniques of the Moving Image |
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Techniques of the moving image.
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| Contents |
Title Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Frontispiece; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapter 1. The Postwar Collapse; Chapter 2. White Fang at Columbia; Chapter 3. Z for Zanuck; Chapter 4. Mayer's MGM; Chapter 5. Zukor and Paramount; Chapter 6. The Major Minors; Chapter 7. Universal Goes Corporate; Chapter 8. That's All, Folks: Jack Warner's Lost Kingdom; Works Cited and Consulted; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
Death of the Moguls is a detailed assessment of the last days of the "rulers of film" from Hollywood's classical era, covering 20th Century-Fox, Selznick International Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, Warner Brothers, Universal Pictures, Republic Pictures, Monogram Pictures and Columbia Pictures. Using rare, behind-the-scenes stills, Wheeler Winston Dixon details such game-changing factors as the de Havilland decision, the Consent Decree, how the moguls dealt with their collapsing empires in the era of television, and the end of the conventional studio ass |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion picture studios -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
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Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
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Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Media & Communications.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Telecommunications.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General.
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Motion picture industry
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Motion picture studios
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Motion pictures
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| SUBJECT |
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
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California -- Los Angeles
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California -- Los Angeles -- Hollywood
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011046940 |
| ISBN |
9780813553788 |
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0813553784 |
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0813553776 |
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9780813553771 |
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1283685566 |
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9781283685566 |
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