Produced by Irving Thalberg : theory of studio-era filmmaking /

Drawing on archival sources, this is the first book to explore Thalberg's insights into casting, editing, story composition and the importance of the mass audience from a theoretical perspective.

Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Salzberg, Ana (Автор)
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press [2020]
Online-ссылка:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctv136c52k
Оглавление:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Opening credits
  • 2. Oblique casting and early MGM
  • 3. One great scene: Thalberg's silent spectacles
  • 4. Entertainment value and sound cinema
  • 5. Love stories and general principles: the development of the production code
  • 6. The intelligent producer and the restructuring of MGM
  • 7. "What can we do to make the picture better?"
  • 8. Conclusion: Once a star, always a star
  • Works cited
  • Index.