Engulfed : the death of Paramount Pictures and the birth of corporate Hollywood / Bernard F. Dick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dick, Bernard F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paramount Pictures Corporation--History.

Paramount Pictures Corporation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Double Indemnity to The Godfather, the stories behind some of the greatest films ever made pale beside the story of the studio that made them. In the golden age of Hollywood, Paramount was one of the Big Five studios. Gulf + Western's 1966 takeover of the studio signaled the end of one era and heralded the arrival of a new way of doing business in Hollywood. Bernard Dick reconstructs the battle that culminated in the reduction of the studio to a mere corporate commodity. He then traces Paramount's devolution from free-standing studio to subsidiary -- first of Gulf + Western, then Paramo

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Mountain Glory; 2 Mountain Gloom; 3 Barbarians at the Spanish Gate; 4 Charlie's Boys; 5 The Italian Connection; 6 The Diller Days; 7 Goodbye, Charlie; 8 Sumner at the Summit; Epilogue; End Titles; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813152684

0813152682

9780813159287

0813159288

9780813170930

0813170931

OCLC:

65183813