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Description for United Artists
Paperback. United Artists was a unique motion picture company in the history of Hollywood. Providing the history of United Artists from 1919 through 1951, this title chronicles the company's struggle for survival, its rise to prominence as the Tiffany of the industry, and its near extinction in the 1940s. Num Pages: 360 pages, 57 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
United Artists was a unique motion picture company in the history of Hollywood. Founded by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and director D.W. Griffith - four of the greatest names of the silent era - United Artists functioned as a distribution company for independent producers. In this lively and detailed history of United Artists from 1919 through 1951, film scholar Tino Balio chronicles the company's struggle for survival, its rise to prominence as the Tiffany of the industry, and its near extinction in the 1940s. This edition is updated with a new introduction by Balio that places in relief ... Read more
United Artists was a unique motion picture company in the history of Hollywood. Founded by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and director D.W. Griffith - four of the greatest names of the silent era - United Artists functioned as a distribution company for independent producers. In this lively and detailed history of United Artists from 1919 through 1951, film scholar Tino Balio chronicles the company's struggle for survival, its rise to prominence as the Tiffany of the industry, and its near extinction in the 1940s. This edition is updated with a new introduction by Balio that places in relief ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299230043
SKU
V9780299230043
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Ref
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About Tino Balio
Tino Balio is emeritus professor of film studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He is author of Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise and editor of The American Film Industry, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press.
Reviews for United Artists
A book of distinct value to all who have a serious interest in the history of motion pictures. - Ben Irwin, Los Angeles Times ""Exhaustive research conveyed in bright prose.... A particular strength is the psychological insight gained into the personality of the principals of the boardroom."" - The Hollywood Reporter