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The Americas
paperback. Traces the profound transformation that took place in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s. This book examines the social networks, working relationships, and political activities of artists, intellectuals, and film workers who flocked to Hollywood from Europe and the eastern United States before and during the Second World War. Series: Culture & the Moving Image. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781566398633
- ISBN
- 9781566398633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.91
€ 34.99
€ 33.91
Hardcover. The story of the movie still is an integral part of the history of the great Hollywood studios in their heyday. This study describes the evolution of stills photography, and how it served the changing needs of the studios. It is enlivened by comments from practitioners about their working methods and experiences. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781161937
- ISBN
- 9781781161937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.20
€ 26.99
€ 18.20
Hardback. This timely book recounts the story of British Columbia's rapid rise from relative obscurity in the film world to its current status as "Hollywood North." Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJP; APF; HBT; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809672
- ISBN
- 9780774809672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.96
€ 40.99
€ 40.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; APF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613745755
- ISBN
- 9781613745755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.36
€ 19.99
€ 19.36
Hardback. Series: Commerce & Mass Culture S. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816637324
- ISBN
- 9780816637324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.26
€ 76.26
Paperback. Series: Commerce & Mass Culture S. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816637331
- ISBN
- 9780816637331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. This selection of essays taken from "Hollywood Quarterly" reflect the astonishing eclecticism of the journal, with sections on animation, the avant-garde, and documentary to go along with a representative sampling of articles about feature-length narrative films. Editor(s): Smoodin, Eric; Martin, Ann. Num Pages: 417 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 12 line figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APFA; GBCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 36. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232747
- ISBN
- 9780520232747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.87
€ 32.99
€ 23.87
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813547497
- ISBN
- 9780813547497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.44
€ 43.99
€ 38.44
Hardback. Reminiscing about the celebrated town's glory days when the studio moguls ran the movie business, Karl Malden, Steve Allen, Jonathan Winters, Walter Bernstein, and other longtime Hollywood residents-movie people and townies-speak out in this oral history of the city that spins dreams into celluloid. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APF; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815412397
- ISBN
- 9780815412397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.01
€ 30.99
€ 27.01
Paperback. In spite of its professed liberalism, Hollywood has always been risk-adverse, and most feature films deal with controversial issues long after the controversy is past. Hollywood Speaks Out explores that rare Hollywood feature that dared to tackle red-hot, social issues while America herself struggled to come to terms. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405178983
- ISBN
- 9781405178983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.14
€ 62.14
Hardback. In spite of its professed liberalism, Hollywood has always been risk-adverse, and most feature films deal with controversial issues long after the controversy is past. Hollywood Speaks Out explores that rare Hollywood feature that dared to tackle red-hot, social issues while America herself struggled to come to terms. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405178990
- ISBN
- 9781405178990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.84
€ 115.84
Hardcover. Num Pages: 538 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Regnery History
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621572060
- ISBN
- 9781621572060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.19
€ 32.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. An intriguing look at how the American film industry imposed the rating system upon itself to control competition from films independently produced and distributed. Num Pages: 377 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 377
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814751435
- ISBN
- 9780814751435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Hardback. Tells the story of how the business of film libraries emerged and evolved, spanning the silent era to the sale of feature libraries to television. This book discusses film libraries as an important and often underestimated part of Hollywood history. It presents a trajectory that incorporates cultural, legal, and industrial history. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition, 1 ed.
- SKU
- V9780520282636
- ISBN
- 9780520282636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 72.48
€ 95.07
€ 72.48
Paperback. The specialty film divisions of the major Hollywood studios were established to focus on the European arthouse film market before moving on to the burgeoning American independent film market. This book charts three decades of specialist and independent filmmaking in Hollywood. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748685936
- ISBN
- 9780748685936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Hardcover. Waterman argues that the movie studios have multiplied their revenues by effectively using pay television and home video media to extract the maximum amounts that individual consumers are willing to pay to watch the same movies in different venues. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 illustrations, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 179 x 34. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019454
- ISBN
- 9780674019454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.96
€ 47.99
€ 39.96
Paperback. Hollywood, Interrupted is a sometimes frightening, occasionally sad, and frequently hysterical odyssey into the darkest realms of showbiz pathology, the endless stream of meltdowns and flameouts, and the inexplicable behavior on the part of show business personalities. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471706243
- ISBN
- 9780471706243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.04
€ 26.99
€ 22.04
Hardcover. For the first time, this book tells the 'lost' story of the 1930s Western. Written from a concern to understand Western films primarily as products of Hollywood's studio system, it recovers the context in which Westerns were produced, exhibited and viewed in the 1930s. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 halftones, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896931
- ISBN
- 9780859896931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.45
€ 138.45
Hardback. Translator(s): Hazelwood, Phil. Num Pages: 165 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843311706
- ISBN
- 9781843311706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.83
€ 132.83
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199943548
- ISBN
- 9780199943548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.36
€ 14.99
€ 13.36
Paperback. Fully revised, updated, and extended, the fifth edition of Hollywood s America provides an important compilation of interpretive essays and primary documents that allows students to read films as cultural artifacts within the contexts of actual past events. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118976494
- ISBN
- 9781118976494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.18
€ 55.18
Hardback. From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. This title tells the story of Breen's ascent to power and the widespread effects of his reign. Num Pages: 440 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APFA; BGF; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143585
- ISBN
- 9780231143585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.12
€ 104.58
€ 79.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; APF; JFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143592
- ISBN
- 9780231143592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. This book introduces the relationship between the American government and the American film industry during the Cold War. Num Pages: 352 pages, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; APFA; JPS; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625239
- ISBN
- 9780748625239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.72€ 123.99
€ 130.72
€ 123.99