03051nam 2200613Ia 450 991045158420332120200520144314.00-8166-5374-7(CKB)1000000000488199(EBL)340767(OCoLC)476156610(SSID)ssj0000172584(PQKBManifestationID)11161959(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172584(PQKBWorkID)10160852(PQKB)10928396(MiAaPQ)EBC340767(OCoLC)228859241(MdBmJHUP)muse39227(Au-PeEL)EBL340767(CaPaEBR)ebr10225517(CaONFJC)MIL523202(EXLCZ)99100000000048819920070906d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHollywood independents[electronic resource] the postwar talent takeover /Denise MannMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20081 online resource (334 p.)Commerce and mass culture seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8166-4541-8 0-8166-4540-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Charting a path of independence in a corporate wilderness -- Backstage dramas : MCA and the talent takeover -- The gray flannel independent : new Hollywood's new organization man -- Self-referentiality : mediating TV's incursion into Hollywood and the home -- Two emergent cinemas : art and blockbuster -- Elia Kazan : caught between HUAC and the "new Hollywood" -- A face in the crowd : reframing reflexivity -- When talent becomes management : the making of The sweet smell of success -- Sweet smell of success : punishing privileges of the professional-managerial class.Hollywood Independents explores the crucial period from 1948 to 1962 when independent film producers first became key components of the modern corporate entertainment industry. Denise Mann examines the impact of the radically changed filmmaking climateÑthe decline of the studios, the rise of television, and the rise of potent talent agencies like MCAÑon a group of prominent talent-turned-producers, including Burt Lancaster, Joseph Mankiewicz, Elia Kazan, and Billy Wilder. In order to show how these newly independent filmmakers negotiated through an increasingly fraught, reactionary creative atCommerce and mass culture series.Motion picture industryCaliforniaLos AngelesHistoryMotion picturesUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.Motion picture industryHistory.Motion picturesHistory.384/.80979494Mann Denise877388MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451584203321Hollywood independents2442695UNINA