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Acknowledgments | ||
Preface: The Center of Gravity | ||
Introduction: "The Whole Equation of Pictures" | 3 | |
Pt. I | The 1920s: Beginnings | |
1 | Universal: The System Takes Shape | 15 |
2 | MGM: Dawn of the Thalberg Era | 29 |
3 | Selznick at MGM: Climbing the Executive Ranks | 48 |
4 | Warner Bros.: Talking Their Way to the Top | 58 |
Pt. II | 1928-1932: The Powers That Be | |
5 | Selznick at Paramount: From Boom to Bust | 69 |
6 | Universal: Renaissance and Retrenchment | 82 |
7 | MGM and Thalberg: Alone at the Top | 98 |
8 | Selznick at RKO: At the Helm of a Foundering Studio | 125 |
9 | Warner Bros.: The Zanuck Era | 135 |
Pt. III | The 1930s: Golden Age | |
10 | MGM in the Mid-Thirties: Charmed Interval | 159 |
11 | Selznick International Pictures: Going Independent | 176 |
12 | Warner Bros.: Power Plays and Prestige | 199 |
13 | Universal: Playing Both Ends Against the Middle | 228 |
14 | MGM: Life After Thalberg | 252 |
15 | Selznick and Hitchcock: Balance of Power | 271 |
Pt. IV | 1941-1946: War Boom | |
16 | Warner Bros.: Warfare at Home and Abroad | 297 |
17 | David O. Selznick Productions: Packaging Prestige | 322 |
18 | Universal: The Best of Both Worlds | 340 |
19 | MGM: The High Cost of Quality | 359 |
20 | Selznick and Hitchcock: Separate Ways | 381 |
Pt. V | 1947-1960: Decline | |
21 | Warner Bros.: Top of the World, End of the Line | 411 |
22 | MGM: Last Gasp of the Studio Era | 440 |
23 | Universal: Blueprint for the Television Age | 463 |
24 | Epilogue: Into the New Hollywood | 482 |
Notes on Sources | 493 | |
Photograph Credits | 508 | |
Index | 509 |
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