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Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters : a Hollywood history /
Product Description: This title considers the history of the American blockbuster-the large-scale, high-cost film-as it evolved from the 1890s to today. The pantheon of big-budget, commercially successful films encompasses a range of genres, including biblical films, war films, romances, comic-book...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Detroit, Mich. :
Wayne State University Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Contemporary approaches to film and television series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1: Early films and early features, 1894-1911
- 2: Multireel features, epics, and roadshows, 1911-1916
- 3: Superspecials, specials, and programs, 1916-1927
- 4: Color, large screen, wide screen, and sound, 1894-1931
- 5: Tuners, spectacles, and prestige pictures, 1929-1939
- 6: Fewer but bigger, 1939-1949
- 7: Colossals and blockbusters, 1949-1959
- 8: Roadshows, showcases, and runaways, 1956-1970
- 9: Multiple jeopardy, 1965-1975
- 10: Super blockbusters, 1976-1985
- 11: Ancillary markets, globalization, and digital technology, 1986-2009
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Name index
- Title index
- Subject index.