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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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pizzitola, Louis
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: New York : Columbia University Press ©2002.
Colecção:Film and culture.
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/pizz11646
Sumário:
  • 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.