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The American Film Industry Paperback – March 15, 1985

by Tino Balio (Editor)

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Upon its original publication in 1976, The American Film Industry was welcomed by film students, scholars, and fans as the first systematic and unified history of the American movie industry. Now this indispensible anthology has been expanded and revised to include a fresh introductory overview by editor Tino Balio and ten new chapters that explore such topics as the growth of exhibition as big business, the mode of production for feature films, the star as market strategy, and the changing economics and structure of contemporary entertainment companies. The result is a unique collection of essays, more comprehensive and current than ever, that reveals how the American movie industry really worked in a century of constant change-from kinetoscopes and the coming of sound to the star system, 1950s blacklisting, and today's corporate empires.

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  1. Print length
    680 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    University of Wisconsin Press
  4. Publication date
    March 15, 1985
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0299098745
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0299098742
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“A pioneering survey of the economic history of the U.S. motion picture industry.”—Choice

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Tino Balio is professor emeritus of film in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and former director of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. He is author of United Artists, Volume 1, 1919–1950 and Volume 2, 1951–1978 as well as Grand Design: Hollywood as Modern Business Enterprise, 1930–1939. He is editor of The American Film Industry and Hollywood in the Age of Television.

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