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Zusatztext "...a fascinating study that readers will find difficult to pause between finishing one chapter and starting the next one." Informationen zum Autor Richard B. Jewell is Professor of Critical Studies at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He is the author of The Golden Age of Hollywood ! and The RKO Story ! among others. Klappentext "Enjoying exclusive access to RKO archives before they were dispersed to the winds! Rick Jewell has crafted a powerful and unprecedented company history that is rich in detail and sharp in insight. Pinpointing both industry ambitions and corporate shenanigans! Jewell offers a tale both gripping and instructive. A major contribution to Hollywood studio history in the classic era." -Dana Polan! author of Scenes of Instruction: The Beginnings of the U.S. Study of Film "Richard Jewell has written a definitive portrait of a major Hollywood studio during the heyday of the movies. Enriched by a lode of archival material! Jewell's RKO story reconstructs the dynamics of the studio system; its stresses and strains; its logistical challenges; and its in-house rivalries. Some big names are vividly brought to life: David Sarnoff! Pandro Berman! Fred Astaire! Katharine Hepburn! Orson Welles! to name a few. Jewell interweaves RKO's corporate maneuverings and production agenda with great skill. A more compelling history of a Hollywood major is hard to imagine." -Tino Balio! author of The Foreign Film Renaissance on American Screens! 1946-1973 "A painstakingly researched and lucidly written business history of RKO Studios from its founding through 1942! Richard Jewell's RKO Studios: A Titan is Born not only traces the shifting economic fortunes of the studio that gave us King Kong! the Astaire-Rogers musicals! and Citizen Kane but also fills an important gap in our understanding of how the studio system survived and at times even thrived during the Golden Age of Hollywood." -Charles Maland! author of Chaplin and American Culture Zusammenfassung One of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from "King Kong" and "Citizen Kane" to the Astaire-Rogers musicals. This title offers a history of a roller coaster of RKO's unstable finances, management battles, and artistic gambles. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Introduction 1. "Master Showmen of the World": Prehistory and the Formation of the Company 2. "It's RKO-Let's Go": The Brown-Schnitzer-LeBaron Regime (1929-1931) 3. "Failure on the installment plan! a ticket at a time": The Aylesworth-Kahane-Selznick Regime (1932-1933) 4. "All this is very distressing to me": The Aylesworth-Kahane-Cooper Regime (1933-1934) 5. "He feels the company is unsettled": The Aylesworth-McDonough-Kahane Regime (1934-1935) 6. "An awfully long corner": The Spitz-Briskin Regime (1936-1937) 7. "Plaything of industry": The Spitz-Berman Regime (1938) 8. "The company's best interest": The Schaefer-Berman Regime (1939) 9. "Quality pictures are the lifeblood of this business": The Schaefer-Edington Regime (1940-1941) 10. "Crossing wires": The Schaefer-Breen Regime (1941-1942) Appendix: "The Whole Equation of Pictures" Notes Selected Bibliography Index ...
