Classical Hollywood film cycles / Zoë Wallin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallin, Zoë, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge advances in film studies ; 66.

Routledge advances in film studies ; 66

Standardized Title:

Film cycles and the Hollywood studio system

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures.

History.

Film genres.

California--Los Angeles.

Film genres--California--Los Angeles.

Motion pictures--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"This book explores the ways in which Hollywood film cycles from the 1930s to the 1960s were shaped by their surrounding industrial contexts and market environments, to build an inclusive conception of the form, operation, and function of film cycles"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"Pictures seem to run in cycles" : industry discourse and the economics of cycles

The girl reporter pictures : programmer cycles and modes of seriality

The prestige cycle of historical biopics : measuring the deluge

The wartime musical revues : cycles, topicality and industrial flux

The anti-prejudice pictures and the process of cycles

The biblical epics : blockbuster cycles and market control in the "new era"

Beach party pictures : independent production, circulation and market exploitation

Conclusion. Cycles in post-classical Hollywood.

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Finders University, 2018, titled Film cycles and the Hollywood studio system.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Wallin, Zoë, author. Classical Hollywood film cycles.

ISBN:

9780367199531

036719953X

OCLC:

1088603612