• Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters : a Hollywood history
  • Record Type: Electronic resources : monographic
    Title Information: a Hollywood history
    Author: HallSheldon,
    Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: NealeStephen, 1950-
    Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: Project Muse
    Place of Publication: Detroit, Mich.
    Published: Wayne State University Press;
    Year of Publication: c2010
    Description: 1 online resource (vii, 363 p.)ill. :
    Series: Contemporary approaches to film and television series
    Subject: Motion picture industry - History - United States -
    Subject: Motion pictures - History - United States -
    Online resource: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814336977/
    Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
    ISBN: 9780814336977electronic bk.
    ISBN: 9780814330081pbk.
    ISBN: 0814330088pbk.
    Content Note: Introduction -- Early films and early features, 1894-1911 -- Multireel features, epics, and roadshows, 1911-1916 -- Superspecials, specials, and programs, 1916-1927 -- Color, large screen, widescreen, and sound, 1894-1931 -- Tuners, spectacles, and prestige pictures, 1929-1939 --Fewer but bigger, 1939-1949 -- Colossals and blockbusters, 1949-1959 -- Roadshows, showcases, and runaways, 1956-1970 -- Multiple jeopardy, 1965-1975 -- Super blockbusters, 1976-1985 -- Ancillary markets, globalization, and digital technology, 1986-2009 -- Conclusion
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