Boom and Bust: The American Cinema in the 1940s (History of the American Cinema)

This Volume Examines The Development Of Film And The Film Industry During The 1940s And The Political And Economic Background That Influenced It. The Motion Picture Industry In 1940-1941 -- The Hollywood Studio System In 1940-1941 : Duals, B's, And The Industry Discourse About Its Audience / Janet Staiger -- Prewar Stars, Genres, And Production Trends -- The Motion Picture Industry During World War Ii -- The Hollywood Studio System, 1942-1945 : Selling Mildred Pierce : A Case Study / Mary Beth Haralovich -- Wartime Stars, Genres, And Production Trends -- Regulating The Screen : The Office Of Information And The Production Code Administration / Clayton R. Koppes -- The Postwar Motion Picture Industry : Sag, Huac, And Postwar Hollywood / Gorham Kindem -- The Hollywood Studio System, 1946-1949 -- Postwar Stars, Genres, And Production Trends -- Documenting The 1940s / Thomas Doherty -- Television And Hollywood In The 1940s / Christopher Anderson -- Experimental And Avant-garde Cinema In The 1940s / Lauren Rabinovitz. Thomas Schatz. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 527-533) And Indexes. V. 1. The emergence of cinema : the American screen to 1907 / Charles Musser -- v. 2. The transformation of cinema, 1907-1915 / Eileen Bowser -- v. 3. An evening's entertainment : the age of the silent feature picture, 1915-1928 / Richard Koszarski -- v. 4. The talkies : American cinema's transition to sound, 1926-1931 / Donald Crafton -- v. 5. Grand design : Hollywood as a modern business enterprise, 1930-1939 / Tino Balio -- v. 6. Boom and bust : the American cinema in the 1940s / Thomas Schatz -- v. 7. Transforming the screen, 1950-1959 / Peter Lev -- v. 8. The sixties, 1960-1969 / Paul Monaco -- v. 9. Lost illusions : American cinema in the shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979 / David A. Cook -- v. 10. A new pot of gold : Hollywood under the electronic rainbow, 1980-1989 / Stephen Prince This volume examines the development of film and the film industry from 1926 to 1931 and the political and economic background that influenced it.