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Looks at management, labor, distribution, production, and exhibition practices in Hollywood between 1930 and 1949
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Gomery, who teaches communications at the University of Maryland, has produced a detailed textbook on the economics of the Hollywood studio system which will no doubt become required reading at every film school. The eight major corporations which dominated the "golden age"1930 through 1949are examined in terms of management style, financial stability, labor and production, distribution and exhibition. Balance sheets for each are provided to substantiate Gomery's conclusion that the profit motive dictated all artistic decisions. Competitors had difficulty breaking into the charmed corporate circle of MGM, Warner Bros., Paramount et al.; any illusions about Hollywood autonomy are swiftly dispelled by a description of the financial clout centered in New York City's brokerage houses. For those interested in a comprehensive view of the megabucks industry, this is a solid grounding in the business side of a glamorous, ephemeral workplace. Photos. January 6
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In what reads somewhat like a doctoral dissertation, Gomery presents a history of the business side of the Hollywood studio system, with particular emphasis on the system's halcyon years, 1930-49. There are chapters on each of the major studios. Gomery frequently emphasizes his points that most money in the picture business was made in distribution and exhibition, not production; and most power resided with the studios' corporate headquarters in New York City, not in the Hollywood film factories. Unfortunately, he seems unaware of Robert Stanley's The Celluloid Empire (LJ 5/15/78), which covers the same topic more readably and with a broader focus, though with somewhat less detail. This book does have some information not included in the Stanley book and will be useful in special collections. John Smothers, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Freehold, N.J.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0333325486
- ISBN 13 9780333325483
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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