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Informationen zum Autor Thomas Schatz is Philip G. Warner Professor of Communication at the University of Texas! Austin. His previous books include The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era (1996) and Hollywood Film Genres (1980). He is a regular contributor to various television programs on film! including the PBS series The American Cinema . Klappentext "This book represents some of the finest scholarship in the field. . . . Schatz draws on a broad range of archival and trade press sources! and organizes his findings to highlight the dynamics of studio house styles! executive management and the production strategies of the major studios as the studio system coped with an array of 'momentous reversals.'"-Matthew Bernstein! author of Walter Wanger! Hollywood Independent Zusammenfassung Traces the movie industry through the momentous decade of the 1940s. This title discusses changes in the structure of the studio system - including the shift to independent production - and the dominant stars, genres, and production trends through the period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Contributors 1 Introduction PART 1: THE PREWAR ERA 2 The Motion Picture Industry in 1940-1941 3 The Hollywood Studio System in 1940-1941 DUALS! B's! AND THE INDUSTRY DISCOURSE ABOUT ITs AUDIENCE 4 Prewar Stars! Genres! and Production Trends PART 2: THE WAR ERA 5 The Motion Picture Industry During World War II 6 The Hollywood Studio System! 1942-1945 SELLING MILDRED PIERCE: A CASE STUDY Mary Beth Haralovich 7 Wartime Stars! Genres! and Production Trends 8 Regulating the Screen: The Office of War Information and the Production Code Administration Clayton R. Koppes PART 3: THE POST\VAR ERA 9 The Postwar Motion Picture Industry SAG! HUAC! AND POSTWAR HOLLYWOOD Gorham Kindem 10 The Hollywood Studio System! 1946-1949 11 Postwar Stars! Genres! and Production Trends PART 4: ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENTS 12 Docurnenting the 1940s Thomas Doherty 13 Television and Hollywood in the 1940s Christopher Anderson 14 Experimental and Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1940s Lauren Rabinovitz Appendix 1 Total Number of Theaters in the United States! 1940-1950 Appendix 2 Average Weekly Attendance in the United States! 1940-1950 Appendix 3 Number of Feature Films Released in the United States! 1940-1949 Appendix 4 Major Studio Revenues and Profits! 1940-1949 Appendix 5 Top Box-Office Pictures! 1940-1949 Appendix 6 Exhibitors' Poll of Top Ten Box-Office Stars! 1940-1949 Appendix 7 Major Academy Awards! 1940-1949 Appendix 8 National Board of Review! 1940-1949 Bibliography General Index Index of Films ...
