Hollywood Genres FORMULAS, FILMMAKING, AND THE STUDIO SYSTEM

Hollywood Genres FORMULAS, FILMMAKING, AND THE STUDIO SYSTEM

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Schatz analyzes the studio system and tells what film genres mean in a general and theoretical way. Describing some important movie genres in Hollywood's "Golden Era", -- the Western, the gangster film, detective movies, screwball comedies, the musical and the family melodrama -- he s...

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Main Author: Schatz, Thomas. 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages 1981
Edition:Print book : English
Subjects:
Cinema > Los Angeles (Estados Unidos)
Melodrama
Motion pictures > United States
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History
Film genres
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Summary:Schatz analyzes the studio system and tells what film genres mean in a general and theoretical way. Describing some important movie genres in Hollywood's "Golden Era", -- the Western, the gangster film, detective movies, screwball comedies, the musical and the family melodrama -- he surveys selected films and the work of directors associated with them.
Physical Description:xiv, 297 pages illustrations 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780075536239

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