The Hollywood Story: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the American Movie Business But Didn't Know Where to Look

Joel W. Finler

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November, 2003
Paper, 428 pages, 40 photos
ISBN: 978-1-903364-66-6
Wallflower Press
$30.00 / £20.50

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.

Related Subjects

• Business
• Film

About the Author

Joel W. Finler is the author of numerous books about cinema including The Movie Directors Story and All Time Movie Favourites and several on directors such as Alfred Hitchcock. He is also a picture archivist.

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