Description
Book SynopsisTells the story of how the business of film libraries emerged and evolved, spanning the silent era to the sale of feature libraries to television. This book discusses film libraries as an important and often underestimated part of Hollywood history. It presents a trajectory that incorporates cultural, legal, and industrial history.
Trade Review"While the book fills in a huge gap in the understanding of how the movie business has taken shape, it also, more importantly, offers insight into how film history was initially packaged for audiences in America and abroad. . . .
Hollywood Vault offers lessons on the tension between studios' fixation on the bottom line and the afterlives of cinema history that would serve both concerned cinephiles and archivists well. . . .a badly needed history. " * Film Quarterly *
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Triangle Frauds and the Birth of the Film Library (1910s) 2. Side Business (1920s) 3. Derivatives and Destruction (1930s) 4. Postwar Profit Center (1940s) 5. Negotiating Television (1950s) 6. Seven Arts and Industry Transformation (1960s) Epilogue Bibliography Notes Index
