Hollywood: The Oral History
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0063056941
ISBN 13
9780063056947
Category
Hollywood History
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Publication Year
2022
Publisher
Pages
768
Subject
Motion pictures; Motion pictures- California- Los Angeles- History; Motion pictures- United States- History; Oral histories
Abstract
The real story of Hollywood--as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, Harold Lloyd, Jordan Peele, and nearly four hundred others--reveals a fresh history of the American movie industry from its beginnings to today.
Description
Contents:
Beginnings
Comedy
Silent directors
Silent actors
Sound!
Studio heads
Studio style
The studio workforce
The product
The end of the system
Identity crisis
New Hollywood
The creep up
The deal
Packaging
Everybody's business
Monsters
Beginnings
Comedy
Silent directors
Silent actors
Sound!
Studio heads
Studio style
The studio workforce
The product
The end of the system
Identity crisis
New Hollywood
The creep up
The deal
Packaging
Everybody's business
Monsters
Number of Copies
1
