At the movies : behind the big screen

Format:

Book

Title:

At the movies : behind the big screen

Author:

Shiach, Don.

ISBN:

9781844761630

Publication Information:

London : Southwater, 2005.

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Subject(s):

Motion pictures -- History.

Motion picture industry -- History.

Genre:

History.

Holds:

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Searching... Stayton Public Library	791.43 SCHIACH	Searching... Unknown

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A compelling insider's sourcebook covering the powerful pwesonalities and magical movies that shaped a century of the film industry around the world.

Foreword	p. 6
The History of the Movies	p. 8
Introduction	p. 10
The humble beginnings	p. 10
The narrative film	p. 11
The path to The Birth of a Nation	p. 12
American domination of the world market	p. 13
The magic of the movies	p. 15
The coming of sound and the Depression	p. 16
Gangsters, molls and censorship	p. 17
Wartime boom	p. 19
The rise of the agent and the package deal	p. 25
Computer technology and animation	p. 28
The future	p. 30
The Directors	p. 32
Introduction	p. 34
Movie authorship	p. 35
"Old Hollywood" greats	p. 37
The talented journeymen	p. 39
The mavericks	p. 45
The directors of New Hollywood	p. 52
Independents and outsiders	p. 58
British directors	p. 59
French directors	p. 67
Italian directors	p. 72
German directors	p. 77
Australian directors	p. 78
Five international directors	p. 79
The Movie World	p. 82
Introduction	p. 84
The Silent Years	p. 86
The creation of stars	p. 86
Silent comedy	p. 8
The Europeans	p. 88
The silent 20s in Hollywood	p. 89
The Studios	p. 90
MGM	p. 90
Paramount	p. 94
20th Century Fox	p. 97
Warner Brothers	p. 100
RKO	p. 102
Columbia	p. 104
Universal	p. 106
United Artists	p. 108
Movie Genres	p. 110
Westerns	p. 110
Musicals	p. 112
Gangster movies	p. 114
Action/adventure movies	p. 116
Comedies	p. 118
Romantic comedies	p. 120
Epics	p. 122
Film noir	p. 124
Horror movies	p. 126
Science fiction movies	p. 128
Love stories	p. 130
Melodramas, weepies or women's pictures	p. 132
War movies	p. 134
Social problem movies	p. 136
Thrillers	p. 138
Computer-generated films	p. 140
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies	p. 142
The Fatty Arbuckle affair	p. 143
Paul Bern and Jean Harlow	p. 144
Errol Flynn	p. 145
Frances Farmer	p. 146
Lana Turner and the hood	p. 147
George Cukor, Clark Gable and Gone with the Wind	p. 148
The strange obsessions of Alfred Hitchcock	p. 149
Gig Young	p. 150
The loving mother	p. 151
Collecting Movie Memorabilia	p. 152
Endquotes	p. 154
Index	p. 156

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