Author : Gene Fernett
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,34 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Not an exhaustive encyclopedia of film studies, but a thorough study of 66 studios of all sizes and specialities. Treated alphabetically, each entry is a history which discusses stars, successes, and failures. Includes some rare photos. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : Booksllc.Net
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 28,93 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781230801377
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 100. Chapters: A.W. Hackel, American Cinema Releasing, American Film Manufacturing Company, American International Pictures, Astor Pictures, Biograph Studios, Calvin Company, Caravan Pictures, Carolco Pictures, Centaur Film Company, Christie Film Company, Cinemation Industries, Cinema Center Films, Cinerama Releasing Corporation, Cinergi Pictures, Compass International Pictures, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, Dramatic Feature Films, Eaco Films, Eagle-Lion Films, Edison's Black Maria, Edison Studios, Educational Pictures, Embassy Pictures, Essanay Studios, Famous Players-Lasky, Famous Players Film Company, Filmways, Film Booking Offices of America, Fine Line Features, First National, Four Star Television, Fox Atomic, Franchise Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, Grand National Films Inc., Independent Moving Pictures, Interscope Communications, Kalem Company, Keystone Studios, L-KO Kompany, Laugh-O-Gram Studio, Liberty Films, Lubin Manufacturing Company, Marvel Productions, Mascot Pictures, Metro Pictures, Miles Brothers, Mutual Film, National General Pictures, Orion Pictures, Pathe Exchange, Picturehouse (company), Pioneer Pictures, Premium Picture Productions, Producers Distributing Corporation, Producers Releasing Corporation, Reliance-Majestic Studios, Republic Pictures, Rolfe Photoplays, Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Studio, Savoy Pictures, Section Eight Productions, Selig Polyscope Company, Selznick International Pictures, Sierra Pictures, Solax Studios, Sono Art-World Wide Pictures, Sun Haven Studios, Thanhouser Company, The Cannon Group, The Foster Photoplay Company, The Oz Film Manufacturing Company, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, The Whartons Studio, Tiffany Pictures, Triangle Film Corporation, Trimark Pictures, Victor Studios, Vim Comedy Company, Vitagraph Studios, Warner Independent Pictures, Weintraub...
Author : Brian R. Jacobson
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0231539665
By 1915, Hollywood had become the epicenter of American filmmaking, with studio "dream factories" structuring its vast production. Filmmakers designed Hollywood studios with a distinct artistic and industrial mission in mind, which in turn influenced the form, content, and business of the films that were made and the impressions of the people who viewed them. The first book to retell the history of film studio architecture, Studios Before the System expands the social and cultural footprint of cinema's virtual worlds and their contribution to wider developments in global technology and urban modernism. Focusing on six significant early film corporations in the United States and France—the Edison Manufacturing Company, American Mutoscope and Biograph, American Vitagraph, Georges Méliès's Star Films, Gaumont, and Pathé Frères—as well as smaller producers and film companies, Studios Before the System describes how filmmakers first envisioned the space they needed and then sourced modern materials to create novel film worlds. Artificially reproducing the natural environment, film studios helped usher in the world's Second Industrial Revolution and what Lewis Mumford would later call the "specific art of the machine." From housing workshops for set, prop, and costume design to dressing rooms and writing departments, studio architecture was always present though rarely visible to the average spectator in the twentieth century, providing the scaffolding under which culture, film aesthetics, and our relation to lived space took shape.
Author : Daniel Steinhart
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 31,81 MB
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0520970691
After World War II, as cultural and industry changes were reshaping Hollywood, movie studios shifted some production activities overseas, capitalizing on frozen foreign earnings, cheap labor, and appealing locations. Hollywood unions called the phenomenon “runaway” production to underscore the outsourcing of employment opportunities. Examining this period of transition from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, Runaway Hollywood shows how film companies exported production around the world and the effect this conversion had on industry practices and visual style. In this fascinating account, Daniel Steinhart uses an array of historical materials to trace the industry’s creation of a more international production operation that merged filmmaking practices from Hollywood and abroad to produce movies with a greater global scope.
Author : David Thomson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 43,40 MB
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300231334
Behind the scenes at the legendary Warner Brothers film studio, where four immigrant brothers transformed themselves into the moguls and masters of American fantasy Warner Bros charts the rise of an unpromising film studio from its shaky beginnings in the early twentieth century through its ascent to the pinnacle of Hollywood influence and popularity. The Warner Brothers—Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack—arrived in America as unschooled Jewish immigrants, yet they founded a studio that became the smartest, toughest, and most radical in all of Hollywood. David Thomson provides fascinating and original interpretations of Warner Brothers pictures from the pioneering talkie The Jazz Singer through black-and-white musicals, gangster movies, and such dramatic romances as Casablanca, East of Eden, and Bonnie and Clyde. He recounts the storied exploits of the studio’s larger-than-life stars, among them Al Jolson, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart, James Dean, Doris Day, and Bugs Bunny. The Warner brothers’ cultural impact was so profound, Thomson writes, that their studio became “one of the enterprises that helped us see there might be an American dream out there.”
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 42,44 MB
Release : 2004
Category :
ISBN :
Author : John Izod
Publisher : Springer
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 16,14 MB
Release : 1988-07-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1349193240
Changing business circumstances have put pressure on film studios and changed the nature of films they produce. This book examines the reaction of the corporations who have found themselves in danger or have perceived new ways of adding to their profitability, influencing the films they produce.
Author : Judith Weisenfeld
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 30,44 MB
Release : 2007-06-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0520251008
"This is a ground-breaking book. The text is remarkable in its use of MPAA files and studio archives; Weisenfeld uncovers all sorts of side stories that enrich the larger narrative. The writing is clear and concise, and Weisenfeld makes important theoretical interpretations without indulging in difficult jargon. She incorporates both film theory and race theory in graceful, non-obtrusive ways that deepen understanding. This is an outstanding work."—Colleen McDannell, author of Picturing Faith: Photography and the Great Depression
Author : David Thomson
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Motion picture producers and directors
ISBN :
Behind the scenes at the legendary Warner Brothers film studio, where four immigrant brothers transformed themselves into the moguls and masters of American fantasy Warner Bros charts the rise of an unpromising film studio from its shaky beginnings in the early twentieth century through its ascent to the pinnacle of Hollywood influence and popularity. The Warner Brothers-- Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack-- arrived in America as unschooled Jewish immigrants, yet they founded a studio that became the smartest, toughest, and most radical in all of Hollywood. David Thomson provides fascinating and original interpretations of Warner Brothers pictures from the pioneering talkie The Jazz Singer through black-and-white musicals, gangster movies, and such dramatic romances as Casablanca, East of Eden, and Bonnie and Clyde. He recounts the storied exploits of the studio's larger-than-life stars, among them Al Jolson, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart, James Dean, Doris Day, and Bugs Bunny. The Warner brothers' cultural impact was so profound, Thomson writes, that their studio became one of the enterprises that helped us see there might be an American dream out there.
Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 33,46 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781230525198
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 77. Chapters: First National, Film Booking Offices of America, Orion Pictures, The Cannon Group, American International Pictures, The Foster Photoplay Company, Carolco Pictures, Four Star Television, Famous Players-Lasky, Selig Polyscope Company, Centaur Film Company, Embassy Pictures, Triangle Film Corporation, Selznick International Pictures, Marvel Productions, Essanay Studios, Liberty Films, The Oz Film Manufacturing Company, Mascot Pictures Corporation, Educational Pictures, Kalem Company, Laugh-O-Gram Studio, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Franchise Pictures, Edison Studios, Edison's Black Maria, Cinergi Pictures, American Film Manufacturing Company, Vitagraph Studios, L-KO Kompany, Trimark Pictures, Mutual Film, Filmways, Lubin Manufacturing Company, Biograph Studios, Nestor Studios, Producers Releasing Corporation, Pioneer Pictures, Revolution Studios, Warner Independent Pictures, Christie Film Company, Astor Pictures, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, Tiffany Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Studio, Savoy Pictures, Keystone Studios, Independent Moving Pictures, Caravan Pictures, Section Eight Productions, Goldwyn Pictures, Picturehouse, National General Pictures, Fox Atomic, The Whartons Studio, Grand National Films Inc., Fine Line Features, Solax Studios, Cinema Center Films, Harry S. Webb, Metro Pictures, Sono Art-World Wide Pictures, Vim Comedy Company, Miles Brothers, Cinerama Releasing Corporation, A.W. Hackel, Compass International Pictures, Interscope Communications, Famous Players Film Company, Eagle-Lion Films, Cinemation Industries, Dramatic Feature Films, Reliance-Majestic Studios, Victor Studios, Premium Picture Productions, Rolfe Photoplays, Thanhouser Company, Sierra Pictures, Sun Haven Studios. Excerpt: Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) (also known as FBO Pictures Corporation) was an American film studio of...
