The Hollywood Story
by Joel W. Finler
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This fully revised and updated edition of an award-winning classic traces the history of Hollywood from the silent era to the present day. The Hollywood Storycomprehensively covers every aspect of movie-making in America, taking in nickelodeans, drive-ins and multiplexes; the transition from silent to sound, black and white to color; the relationships of producers, directors, stars and technicians; and the function and output of the studios - their major hits and most expensive flops.Tags
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Joel W. Finler has worked as a writer and lecturer on cinema and as a film critic for Time Out. He is the author of numerous books about cinema
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- Original title
- The Hollywood Story
- Important places
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Dedication*
- To the memory of Matilda Hay Finler (1906-1976)
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- English
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