United Artists [electronic resource] : the company built by the stars. Volume 1, 1919-1950 / Tino Balio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balio, Tino.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--History.

Motion picture industry.

United Artists Corporation--History.

United Artists Corporation.

Physical Description:

xxix, 323 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

United Artists was a unique motion picture company in the history of Hollywood. Founded by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and director D.W. Griffith--four of the greatest names of the silent era--United Artists functioned as a distribution company for independent producers.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction: (Dis)united Artists

1 Artists in Business: 1919

2 Starts and Fits: 1919-1924

3 Joe Schenck's Reorganization: 1925-1931

4 Adjusting to Talkies: 1928-1932

5 Depression and Monopoly: 1932-1934

6 Schenck's Last Years: 1932-1935

7 Without a Leader: 1934-1936

8 The Goldwyn Battles: 1936-1941

9 Facing the War: 1941

10 Worsening Strains Within: 1942-1944

11 Coming Apart at the Seams: 1944-1948

12 The End and the Beginning of UA: 1949-

Appendix 1 Releases: 1919-1950

Appendix 2 Producers

Appendix 3 The Walt Disney Cartoons

Appendix 4 Income History

Appendix 5 Record of Dividend Payments

Appendix 6 Capital Stock Purchased by the Company

The UA Collection: A Descriptive Inventory

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Reprint of the 1976 publication with a new introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612270475

9781282270473

1282270478

9780299230036

0299230031

OCLC:

643638419