| Description |
xxv, 448 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 417-428. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Initial patterns of production, distribution, and exhibition: Vitascope/cinématographe: initial patterns of American film industrial practice / Robert C. Allen -- Motion picture exhibition in Manhattan, 1906-1912: beyond the nickelodeon / Robert C. Allen -- Monopoly in motion picture production and distribution: 1908-1915 / Ralph Cassady, Jr. -- pt. 2. Development of business strategies: Hollywood's movie star system: a historical overview / Gorham Kindem -- Dividing labor for production control: Thomas Ince and the rise of the studio system / Janet Staiger -- Movies become big business: Publix Theatres and the chain-store strategy / Douglas Gomery -- pt. 3. Technological change: sound and color: "Warner-Vitaphone peril": the American film industry reacts to the innovation of sound / Douglas Gomery -- Demise of Kinemacolor / Gorham Kindem -- Hollywood's conversion to color: the technological, economic, and aesthetic factors / Gorham Kindem -- pt. 4. Regulation and censorship: Antitrust policies and the motion picture industry / Simon N. Whitney -- Hollywood, the National Recovery Administration, and the question of monopoly power / Douglas Gomery -- Self-censorship in the movie industry: a historical perspective on law and social change / Douglas Ayer, Roy E. Bates, and Peter J. Herman -- pt. 5. Media interaction: television and film: Effects of television on the motion picture industry: 1948-1960 / Fredric Stuart -- Economics of the television market for theatrical movies / Barry R. Litman -- pt. 6. America's role in the international film industry: Film conglomerate blockbusters: international appeal and product homogenization / Joseph D. Phillips -- Film as international business: the role of American multinationals / Thomas H. Guback -- Cultural dependency in Canada's feature film industry / Manjunath Pendakur -- Common market film industry: beyond law and economics / Don R. Le Duc. |
| Subject |
Motion picture industry -- United States -- Case studies.
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Motion picture industry. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Cinéma -- Industrie -- États-Unis -- Cas, Études de. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Kindem, Gorham Anders.
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| ISBN |
0809310368 |
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9780809310364 |
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