The Genius of the System: Hollywood Film-Making in the Studio Era

by ThomasSchatz (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1989

  $11.95

  A portrait of moviemaking in Hollywood's classic studio era, this study reveals the genius of a system of collaboration and confrontation, rather than viewing it as a business which stifles artistic talent. It focuses on four representative companies - Warner Bothers, MGM, Universal and Selznick international and traces their distinctive house styles and studio operations from the 1920s through to the 1950s. Thomas Schatz has also written Hollywood Genres .