The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.43 (638 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816670102 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Schatz takes us through the rise and fall of individual careers and the making—and unmaking—of movies such as Frankenstein, Casablanca, and Hitchcock’s Notorious. Through detailed analysis of major Hollywood moviemakers including Universal, Warner Bros., and MGM, he reminds us of a time when studios had distinct personalities and the relationship between contracts and creativity was not mutually exclusive.. In The Genius of the System, Thomas Schatz recalls Hollywood’s Golden Age from the 1920s until the dawn of television in the late 1940s, when quality films were
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. Analytically and with anecdote examining the financial as well as creative workings of MGM, Warner Bros., Para mount, Universal and RKO in the era of Thalberg, Selznick, Zanuck and Hitchcock, Schatz demonstrates that at the heart of each studio's house style were the star-genre formulations (Bette Davis melodramas, Humphrey Bogart thrillers, Boris Karloff horror films, Gene Kelly musicals) that nowadays, as they are recirculated and rediscovered by young viewers, are all that remain of the great studios and of the vigorous, dynamic men and women who sustained them. Photos. From Publishers Weekly In this original, monumental survey of Hollywood's fil
Take a journey back in time to Hollywood of long ago! If you are interested in the history of Hollywood during the studio era, this is the book for you! It is what my history professors in college would have called the "definitive" work on the subject. That usually meant long. It certainly does not fall short in that department. Starting with the silent movie era and progressing to the advent of television, you will be familiarized with the technology, economics, and politics of the indus. A must for anyone interested in the Golden Era of movie making cwnavy1 I was looking for a book that would take me through the development of the Hollywood movie industry from the early days through the golden era. I found it in this book. It is basically laid out in a sequential fashion, but jumps from studio to studio and even from movie to movie. Personalities are detailed as well as conflicts between individuals and studios. The behind the scenes stories off the rise and fall of various studio heads a. Martin Noah said A must for anyone interested in hollywoods's golden age. Thomas Schatz argues in this brilliantly detailed book that even more remarkable then the motion pictures Hollywood produced from the early "A must for anyone interested in hollywoods's golden age" according to Martin Noah. Thomas Schatz argues in this brilliantly detailed book that even more remarkable then the motion pictures Hollywood produced from the early 20's through about the end of the A must for anyone interested in hollywoods's golden age Martin Noah Thomas Schatz argues in this brilliantly detailed book that even more remarkable then the motion pictures Hollywood produced from the early 20's through about the end of the 40's, was the detailed process of how Hollywood was able to churn out these quality films on a routine basis.Schatz does a remarkable job of diagraming the rise of the studio system in Hollywood. The book is remarkably easy to follow (compared to any of Andrew Sarr. 0's, was the detailed process of how Hollywood was able to churn out these quality films on a routine basis.Schatz does a remarkable job of diagraming the rise of the studio system in Hollywood. The book is remarkably easy to follow (compared to any of Andrew Sarr. 0's through about the end of the A must for anyone interested in hollywoods's golden age Martin Noah Thomas Schatz argues in this brilliantly detailed book that even more remarkable then the motion pictures Hollywood produced from the early 20's through about the end of the 40's, was the detailed process of how Hollywood was able to churn out these quality films on a routine basis.Schatz does a remarkable job of diagraming the rise of the studio system in Hollywood. The book is remarkably easy to follow (compared to any of Andrew Sarr. 0's, was the detailed process of how Hollywood was able to churn out these quality films on a routine basis.Schatz does a remarkable job of diagraming the rise of the studio system in Hollywood. The book is remarkably easy to follow (compared to any of Andrew Sarr