The Hollywood trust : trade associations and the rise of the studio system /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Afra, Kia, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Series:Film and history (Lanham, Md.)
Subjects:
National Association of the Motion Picture Industry > History.
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America > History.
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
National Association of the Motion Picture Industry
1900-1999
Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Cinéma > Industrie > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.
Motion picture industry
California > Los Angeles
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: from the MPPC to the MPPDA: how competition and collaboration forged an industry
  • Abbreviations
  • Prelude to association: censorship, antitrust, and the industry's public relations campaign in 1915
  • The Motion Picture Board of Trade: consensus and division within the ranks (September 1915-June 1916)
  • NAMPI and the prewar period (July 1916-March 1917)
  • NAMPI in wartime (April 1917
  • November 1918)
  • NAMPI in the postwar era (December 1918-December 1920)
  • NAMPI's decline (January 1921-March 1922)
  • The MPPDA's foundational period (March 1922-December 1924)
  • The MPPDA, Wall Street, and theater circuits (1925-1926)
  • Testing the limits of expansion: The department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission confront Hollywood (1927-1928)
  • Conclusion: from The Edison Trust to the Hollywood majors: trade organizations and historiography.

Similar Items