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East Asian Screen Industries
Darrell Davis, Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh
Media studies; Cinema industry
Hardback
East Asian Screen Industries is a guide to the film industries of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the PRC. The authors... [more]
German National Cinema
Sabine Hake (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Paperback
Examines a range of films in relation to the social, political, economic and technological events surrounding them. This book... [more]
Brand Hollywood: Selling Entertainment in a Global Media Age
Paul Grainge (University of Nottingham, UK)
Sales & marketing management; Cinema industry
Paperback
Branding has become central to the modern blockbuster economy. In a wide-ranging analysis focusing on companies such as Disney,... [more]
British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference
Sue Harper (Professor of Film History, University of Portsmouth), Vincent Porter (Professor of Mass Communications and Director of the Research Centre, School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster)
Film theory & criticism; Cultural studies; Cinema industry
Paperback
In this history of 1950s British cinema, Sue Harper and Vincent Porter draw on previously unknown archive material to chart... [more]
The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry
Paul McDonald, Janet Wasko
Cinema industry
Hardback
The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry is a collection of essays by leading scholars that examines the state of the U.S.... [more]
Selling Hollywood to the World: US and European Struggles for Mastery of...
John Trumpbour (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
Film theory & criticism; Popular culture; Cinema industry
Paperback
The global expansion of Hollywood and American popular culture in the first decades of the twentieth century met with strong... [more]
Hollywood's Overseas Campaign: The North Atlantic Movie Trade, 1920-1950...
Ian Jarvie
Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Paperback
A history of how the American film industry succeeded in dominating the film markets of Canada and Great Britain in the period... [more]
To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios
Karen Paik, Leslie Iwerks
Animated movies & films; Fiction-related items; History: specific events & topics; Cinema industry
Hardback
The official story of Pixar studios and the team of pioneering talents that brought you Toy Story, The Incredibles and Finding... [more]
Brand Hollywood: Selling Entertainment in a Global Media Age
Paul Grainge (University of Nottingham, UK)
Sales & marketing management; Cinema industry
Hardback
Branding has become central to the modern blockbuster economy. In a wide-ranging analysis focusing on companies such as Disney,... [more]
Understanding Audiences and the Film Industry
Roy Stafford
Film theory & criticism; Media studies; Cinema industry
Paperback
Brings together an introduction to academic study of audiences as 'readers' of films and an investigation into how the film... [more]
So You Want to be a Producer
Lawrence Turman
Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry; Advice on careers & achieving success
Paperback
Written by the producer of more than forty films, this guide covers almost every aspect of the role of a producer, from finding... [more]
Film in Australia: An Introduction
Albert Moran, Errol Vieth
Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Paperback
Film in Australia is a groundbreaking book that provides a comprehensive analysis of films made since 1970. By adopting a... [more]
Hollywood: Politics and Society
M. Wheeler
Media studies; Cinema industry
Paperback
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the US film industry had overtaken aeronautics and car industries to become... [more]
Cinema and Northern Ireland: Film, Culture and Politics
John Hill
Media studies; Cinema industry
Paperback
Traces the history of film production in Northern Ireland from the beginnings of a local film industry in the 1920s and 1930s,... [more]
The Producers: Money, Movies and Who Calls the Shots
Tim Adler
Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Paperback
Focuses on the lives and works of the producers, this book is about people whose job is to dominate every facet of the film-making... [more]
British Cinema and the Cold War
Tony Shaw
Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Social & cultural history; International relations; Propaganda; Cinema industry
Paperback
Uncovers British cinema's contribution to Cold War propaganda and to the development of a popular consensus on Cold War issues.... [more]
The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History Of The Porn Film Industry...
Legs McNeil, Jennifer Osborne
Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Paperback
Includes hundreds of celebrity stories featuring both porn stars and mainstream. This book tells the story of how the porn... [more]
Freedom and Entertainment: Rating the Movies in an Age of New Media
Stephen Vaughn (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
History of the Americas; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Society & Social Sciences; Cinema industry
Paperback
The first behind-the-scenes history of the American movie rating system. It is the only history of the movie rating system... [more]
Freedom and Entertainment: Rating the Movies in an Age of New Media
Stephen Vaughn (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
History of the Americas; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Cinema industry
Hardback
The first behind-the-scenes history of the American movie rating system. It is the only history of the movie rating system... [more]
Hollywood's New Radicalism: War, Globalisation and the Movies from Reagan...
Ben Dickenson
Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Hardback
An insightful take on modern American cinema's relations with and influence on Reagan's, Clinton's and both Bushs' administrations.... [more]
Hollywood's New Radicalism: War, Globalisation and the Movies from Reagan...
Ben Dickenson
Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Hardback
Provides an insightful take on modern American cinema's relations with, and influence on Reagan, Clinton, and Bush administrations.... [more]
The Hollywood Studio System: A History
Douglas Gomery
Film, TV & Radio; History: specific events & topics; Cinema industry
Paperback
Despite being one of the biggest industries in the United States, indeed the World, the internal workings of the 'dream factory'... [more]
Hollywood, the Pentagon and Washington: The Movies and National Security...
Jean-Michel Valantin
Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Paperback
A concerned investigation of the curious relationship between Hollywood and the US Department of Defense that exposes some... [more]
Odeon Cinemas
Allen Eyles
Films, movies & cinema; History: specific events & topics; Cinema industry
Paperback
Second of two volumes tracing the history of Britain's most famous cinema circuit. [more]
American Independent Cinema
Geoff King
Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Paperback
What exactly is 'independent' cinema? This book argues that independence can be defined partly in industry terms but also... [more]
