Hollywood Renegades: The Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers
- ISBN-10
- 1890110248
- ISBN-13
- 9781890110246
- Category
- Independent filmmakers
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Author
- J. A. Aberdeen
Description
Walt Disney, David O. Selznick, Mary Pickford, Orson Welles, and an elite group of movie producers secretly formed their own society in an effort to break up the old studio monopolies. The Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers initiated profound changes in Hollywood but today has been forgotten Using original SlMPP documents, this book reveals the story that has waited over 40 years to be told.
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