LEADER 02452nam 2200565 450 001 9910777551803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-5268-2 010 $a0-8131-5928-8 010 $a0-8131-7093-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000460343 035 $a(EBL)1915173 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147743 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12003081 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147743 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10017082 035 $a(PQKB)10098847 035 $a(OCoLC)65183813 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44052 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915173 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11007435 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691003 035 $a(OCoLC)900344540 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915173 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000460343 100 $a20150127h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEngulfed $ethe death of Paramount Pictures and the birth of corporate Hollywood /$fBernard F. Dick 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-59721-9 311 $a0-8131-2202-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aFrom 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 676 $a384/.8/06579494 700 $aDick$b Bernard F.$0444202 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777551803321 996 $aEngulfed$93824275 997 $aUNINA