The Story of Hollywood
- ISBN-10
- 0453005896
- ISBN-13
- 9780453005890
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 344
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Dutton Adult
- Author
- Barry Norman
Description
Traces the history of Hollywood since the introduction of sound in 1927, with detailed accounts of the decline of the big studios, the role of censorship, the rise of the genre film, and the impact of World War II and postwar blacklisting on the industry
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Hollywood Stories: Short, Entertaining Anecdotes about the Stars and Legends of the Movies!
By Stephen SchochetLaurel after Hardy After Oliver Hardy's death in 1957 at the age of sixty-five, his long-time partner Stan Laurel refused to perform publicly again. The British-born Laurel was far from reclusive.He lived in a small apartment in Santa ...
-
Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies
By Jill Tietjen, Barbara Bridges... Getty Images Emma Thompson: Terry O'Neill/Iconic Images/Getty Images Ruth E. Carter: J. Countess/Contour by Getty ... Crawford: Courtesy of Sophia Crawford Ann Roth: Michel Boutefeu/Getty Images Jessica Yu: J. Vespa/WireImage for ...
-
This was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars & Stories
By Carla ValderramaA former child star who, at 93, reveals her #metoo story for the first time. Valderrama unfolds these stories, and many more, in a volume that is by turns riveting, maddening, hilarious, and shocking.
-
History by Hollywood: The Use and Abuse of the American Past
By Robert Brent ToplinProfiles eight films--including "Mississippi Burning," "Sergeant York," "Bonnie and Clyde," and "Norma Rae"--to reveal how they reimagine and recreate American history
-
The Hollywood Book Club
By Steven ReaThis unique collection of rare photographs celebrates the joy of reading in classic film style.
-
Hollywood be Thy Name: The Warner Brothers Story
By Jack Warner, Cass Warner Sperling, Cork MillnerThis text charts the real story of the Warner brothers and contains all the drama of a big screen production. The book tells of tension and strife among four brothers, love and marriage, death and divorce, and plotting and betrayal.
-
Make Your Story a Movie: Adapting Your Book or Idea for Hollywood
By John Robert MarlowHe came away with a unique understanding of adaptations--an understanding he shares in this book: which stories make good source material (and why); what Hollywood wants (and doesn't); what you can (and can't) get in a movie deal; how to ...
-
Hollywood Unknowns: A History of Extras, Bit Players, and Stand-Ins
By Anthony Slide... as at least one academic has claimed, that the interview dates from 1948; it took place much later. Rob Wagner, “Supes and Supermen,” p. 16. Donald Bogle, Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood, p. 63.
-
Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood
By Donald BogleAnd he survived that and pushed his way through all of it and made it possible for a lot of the rest of us to do it. My first residence in New York was Carnegie Hall. And I got in there because Phil Moore had a studio in Carnegie Hall.
-
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel
By Quentin TarantinoQuentin Tarantino’s long-awaited first work of fiction—at once hilarious, delicious and brutal—is the always surprising, sometimes shocking, novelization of his Academy Award winning film.