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Just Making Movies

Company Directors on the Studio System

Ronald L. Davis Ronald B. Davis

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English
Univ Press Mississippi
01 February 2005
For almost two decades up to the mid-1950s five studios dominated Hollywood. This ""big studio system"" had each churning out fifty-two movies a year, enough to showcase cinemas across the US with a new line-up each week. Studios assigned these lower-tier screenplays to directors under long-term contract - and expected them to stick to the script and stick to the budget. Just making Movies presents twelve revealing interviews with ""house directors"" giving an unrivalled picture of how the system operated, as told by those who knew it best.
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Imprint:   Univ Press Mississippi
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 227mm,  Width: 153mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   426g
ISBN:   9781578066919
ISBN 10:   1578066913
Pages:   224
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ronald L. Davis is author of Van Johnson: MGM's Golden Boy and The Glamour Factory: Inside Hollywood's Big Studio System. His interviewees were: Budd Boettich Frederick De Cordova Gordon Douglas Michael Gordon Henry Hathaway Henry Koster Arthur Lubin Joseph Newman Irving Rapper Vincent Sherman George Sidney Charles Wafers

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