Hollywood Independents : The Postwar Talent Takeover /

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Hollywood Independents explores the crucial period from 1948 to 1962 when independent film producers first became key components of the modern corporate entertainment industry. Denise Mann examines the impact of the radically changed filmmaking climatethe decline of the studios, the rise of televisi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mann, Denise
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Motion pictures.
Motion picture industry.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications.
Cinema > États-Unis > Histoire.
Cinema > Industrie > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire.
Motion pictures > United States > History.
Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > History.
United States.
California > Los Angeles.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Hollywood Independents explores the crucial period from 1948 to 1962 when independent film producers first became key components of the modern corporate entertainment industry. Denise Mann examines the impact of the radically changed filmmaking climatethe decline of the studios, the rise of television, and the rise of potent talent agencies like MCAon a group of prominent talent-turned-producers, including Burt Lancaster, Joseph Mankiewicz, Elia Kazan, and Billy Wilder. In order to show how these newly independent filmmakers negotiated through an increasingly fraught, reactionary creative at.
Physical Description:1 online resource (344 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816653744

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