The genius of the system

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Glavni autor: Schatz, Thomas (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
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  • Introduction: "the whole equation of pictures"
  • The 1920's: beginnings. Universal: the system takes shape
  • MGM: dawn of the Thalberg era
  • Selznick at MGM: climbing the executive ranks
  • Warner Bros.: talking their way to the top
  • 1928-1932: the powers that be. Selznick at Paramount: from boom to bust
  • Universal: renaissance and retrenchment
  • MGM and Thalberg: alone at the top
  • Selznick at RKO: at the helm of a foundering studio
  • Warner Bros.: the Zanuck era
  • the 1930s: golden age. MGM in the mid-thirties: charmed interval
  • Selznick international pictures: going independent
  • Warner Bros.: power plays and prestige
  • Universal: playng both ends against the middle
  • MGM: life after Thalberg
  • Selznick and Hitchcock: balance of power
  • 1941-1946: war boom. Warner Bros.: warfare at home and abroad
  • David O. Selznick Productions: packaging prestige
  • Universal: the best of both worlds
  • MGM: the high cost of quality
  • Selznick and Hitchcock: separate ways
  • 1947-1960: decline. Warner Bros.: top of the world, end of the line
  • MGM: last gasp of the studio era
  • Universal: blueprint for the television age
  • Epilogue: into the new Hollywood.