{"product_id":"grand-design-hollywood-as-a-modern-business-enterprise-19301939-5-history-of-the-american-cinema-9780520203341","title":"Grand Design Hollywood as a Modern Business","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe advent of color, big musicals, the studio system, and the beginning of institutionalized censorship made the thirties the defining decade for Hollywood. In this fifth volume of the series History of the American Cinema, the author examines various aspects of the filmmaking and film exhibition system as it matured during the Depression era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2 Surviving the Great Depression\u003cbr\u003e 3 The Production Code and the Hays Office\u003cbr\u003e Richard Maltby\u003cbr\u003e 4 Feeding the Maw of Exhibition\u003cbr\u003e 5 Technological Change and Classical Film Style\u003cbr\u003e David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson\u003cbr\u003e 6 Selling Stars\u003cbr\u003e 7 Production Trends\u003cbr\u003e Prestige Pictures\u003cbr\u003e Musicals\u003cbr\u003e The Woman's Film\u003cbr\u003e Comedy\u003cbr\u003e Social Problem Films\u003cbr\u003e Horror Films\u003cbr\u003e 8 The B Film: Hollywood's Other Half\u003cbr\u003e Brian Taves\u003cbr\u003e 9 The Poetics and Politics of Nonfiction: Documentary Film\u003cbr\u003e Charles Wolfe\u003cbr\u003e 10 Avant-Garde Film\u003cbr\u003e ]an-Christopher Horak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes:\u003cbr\u003e Variety's Top-grossing Films\u003cbr\u003e Major Academy Awards\u003cbr\u003e Film Daily's Ten Best Films\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e General Index\u003cbr\u003e Index of Films","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577363698007,"sku":"9780520203341","price":33.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/grand-design-hollywood-as-a-modern-business-enterprise-19301939-5-history-of-the-american-cinema-9780520203341","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}