Description
Book SynopsisThis pioneering study of postwar feature films set in San Francisco tracks the transformation of Hollywood filmmaking as location shooting became the dominant production method in an era of urban anxiety.
Trade ReviewHollywood in San Francisco is valuable for its wide-ranging historical scholarship on the golden age of location shooting in San Francisco. * Cineaste *
This thoroughly researched book depicts a faithful account of the practice of decentralization of location shooting to the north of Los Angeles in the postwar era....We have come to know Joshua Gleich as a knowledgeable, prolific, and engaged commentator on film and television history, and on connecting various disciplines in urban and media studies, and this book is part of that universe... At a time when records and archives are under threat of simply being thrown away, an account this dense as Gleich’s book is more than timely. * Historic Journal of Film, Radio and Television *
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Postwar Location Shooting, the Semi-Documentary, and Dark Passage
- Chapter 2. The Cine-Tourist City: From Cinerama to The Lineup and Vertigo
- Chapter 3. “Sick Tales of a Healthy Land”: Blake Edwards in San Francisco
- Chapter 4. Countercultural Capital: Hollywood Chases the Summer of Love
- Chapter 5. The Manhattanization of San Francisco: Dirty Harry and The Streets of San Francisco
- Chapter 6. Hollywood North / Hollywood Resurgence: The Conversation and The Towering Inferno
- Conclusion: Hollywood’s San Francisco
- Appendix. Films Set and/or Shot in San Francisco between 1945 and 1975
- Bibliography
- Index
