Hearst over Hollywood : power, passion, and propaganda in the movies /

Annotation Hollywood -- crossroads of filmmaking, mythmaking, and politics -- was dominated by one man more than any other for most of its history. It was William Randolph Hearst who understood how to use cinema to exploit the public's desire for entertainment and to create film propaganda to f...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Pizzitola, Louis
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press ©2002.
Collection:Film and culture.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/pizz11646
Table des matières:
  • 1. Behind the scenes, 1880s-1890s
  • 2. The artist-journalist, 1895-1898
  • 3. Film news, 1898-1906
  • 4. Medium for a new century, 1900-1907
  • 5. It pays to advertise, 1907-1915
  • 6. When men betray, 1915-1918
  • 7. Perils of passion, 1915-1918
  • 8. Trader, 1914-1918
  • 9. The perils of propaganda, 1917-1918
  • 10. Fits and starts, 1917-1919
  • 11. Over production, 1919-1922
  • 12. Fire and smoke, 1922-1925
  • 13. Industry, 1925-1929
  • 14. Above the law, 1929-1934
  • 15. Remote control, 1934-1940
  • 16. Hollywood isolationist, 1940-1947
  • 17. No trespassing, 1947-1951.