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Thomas Ince : Hollywood's independent pioneer /

Thomas H. Ince (1882-1924) turned movie-making into a business enterprise. Progressing from actor to director and screenwriter, he revolutionized the motion picture industry through developing the role of the producer. In addition to building the first major Hollywood studio facility, dubbed "I...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taves, Brian, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2012.
Colección:Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Beginnings, 1880-1912. Stage apprenticeship
  • Starting in films
  • Making a reputation, 1912-1915. The job of a producer
  • Establishing a studio
  • Innovations, 1914-1917. Generic experimentation
  • The prescient failure
  • Paramount, 1917-1921. A fresh start
  • The star series
  • World War I and specials
  • The perils of an independent, 1919-1924. Associated producers, 1919-1921
  • The inevitable merger, 1921-1922
  • War with First National, 1922
  • The studio resumes production, 1922-1923
  • Case study of a production and its personnel: Her reputation, 1922-1923
  • Initial distribution beyond First National, 1923
  • At the crossroads, 1923-1924
  • The steady hum of independent production, 1924
  • Epilogue.