Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Graphs; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I The Early Making of an Industry; 1 The "Thinkability" of the Cinema: Is It Art or Is It a Business?; 2 Cinemania: Entrepreneurs and Would-Be Producers; Part II The Design of a "Powerful Weapon": Cinema under Fascism; 3 The Visible Hand: A Way to the Cinematic Renaissance; 4 "We Can Be Like Hollywood"; Part III Building the Cinematic Miracle: Cinema under Democracy; 5 Multiple Actors and the Rebirth of an Industry; 6 Entrepreneurial Efforts in the Worldwide Race
7 Drawing the Crowds: Box Office MiraclesPart IV "Shooting the Miracle"; 8 Towards Obscurity; 9 Conclusions; Index