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The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era, At a time when the studio is making a stunning comeback, film historian Thomas Schatz provides an indispensable account of Hollywood's tradional blend of business and art. This book lays to rest the persistent myth that businesspeople and producers stifle, The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era
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  • The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era
  • Written by author Thomas G. Schatz
  • Published by Pantheon Books, 1988/01/01
  • At a time when the studio is making a stunning comeback, film historian Thomas Schatz provides an indispensable account of Hollywood's tradional blend of business and art. This book lays to rest the persistent myth that businesspeople and producers stifle
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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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