Description
Book SynopsisAfter World War II, as cultural and industry changes were reshaping Hollywood, movie studios shifted some production activities overseas, capitalizing on frozen foreign earnings, cheap labor, and appealing locations. Hollywood unions called the phenomenon runaway production to underscore the outsourcing of employment opportunities. Examining this period of transition from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, Runaway Hollywood shows how film companies exported production around the world and the effect this conversion had on industry practices and visual style. In this fascinating account, Daniel Steinhart uses an array of historical materials to trace the industry's creation of a more international production operation that merged filmmaking practices from Hollywood and abroad to produce movies with a greater global scope.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Prologue: Movie Ruins
Introduction: “Have Talent, Will Travel”
part i:
foundations
1 • All the World’s a Studio: Th e Design and Debates
of Postwar “Runaway” Productions
Case Study. Tax Evasion, Red-Baiting, and the White Whale:
Moby Dick (1956)
part i i:
production
2 • London, Rome, Paris: Th e Infrastructure of Hollywood’s
Mode of International Production
3 • Lumière, Camera, Azione!: Th e Personnel and Practices
of Hollywood’s Mode of International Production
Case Study. When in Rome: Roman Holiday (1953)
part i i i:
style
4 • A Cook’s Tour of the World: Th e Art of International
Location Shooting
Case Study. Mental Spaces and Cinematic Places:
Lust for Life (1956)
Epilogue: Sunken Movie Relics
Appendix: Hollywood’s International Productions,
1948–1962
Notes
Index
