LEADER 04596nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910816250303321 005 20240313054913.0 010 $a0-8135-5376-8 010 $a1-283-68556-6 010 $a0-8135-5378-4 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813553788 035 $a(CKB)3240000000065430 035 $a(EBL)1042978 035 $a(OCoLC)813929055 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000762088 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11430730 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000762088 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10738245 035 $a(PQKB)10677454 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1042978 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18893 035 $a(DE-B1597)526221 035 $a(OCoLC)815671327 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813553788 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1042978 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10612527 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL399806 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000065430 100 $a20111121d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeath of the moguls $ethe end of classical Hollywood /$fWheeler Winston Dixon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, NJ $cRutgers University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 225 0 $aTechniques of the Moving Image 225 0$aTechniques of the moving image 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-5377-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tPrologue --$t1. The Postwar Collapse --$t2. White Fang at Columbia --$t3. Z for Zanuck --$t4. Mayer's MGM --$t5. Zukor and Paramount --$t6. The Major Minors --$t7. Universal Goes Corporate --$t8. That's All, Folks: Jack Warner's Lost Kingdom --$tWorks Cited and Consulted --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aDeath of the Moguls is a detailed assessment of the last days of the "rulers of film." Wheeler Winston Dixon examines the careers of such moguls as Harry Cohn at Columbia, Louis B. Mayer at MGM, Jack L. Warner at Warner Brothers, Adolph Zukor at Paramount, and Herbert J. Yates at Republic in the dying days of their once-mighty empires. He asserts that the sheer force of personality and business acumen displayed by these moguls made the studios successful; their deaths or departures hastened the studios' collapse. Almost none had a plan for leadership succession; they simply couldn't imagine a world in which they didn't reign supreme. Covering 20th Century-Fox, Selznick International Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, Warner Brothers, Universal Pictures, Republic Pictures, Monogram Pictures and Columbia Pictures, Dixon briefly introduces the studios and their respective bosses in the late 1940's, just before the collapse, then chronicles the last productions from the studios and their eventual demise in the late 1950's and early 1960's. He details such game-changing factors as the de Havilland decision, which made actors free agents; the Consent Decree, which forced the studios to get rid of their theaters; how the moguls dealt with their collapsing empires in the television era; and the end of the conventional studio assembly line, where producers had rosters of directors, writers, and actors under their command. Complemented by rare, behind-the-scenes stills, Death of the Moguls is a compelling narrative of the end of the studio system at each of the Hollywood majors as television, the de Havilland decision, and the Consent Decree forced studios to slash payrolls, make the shift to color, 3D, and CinemaScope in desperate last-ditch efforts to save their kingdoms. The aftermath for some was the final switch to television production and, in some cases, the distribution of independent film. 410 0$aTechniques of the Moving Image 606 $aMotion picture studios$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMotion picture industry$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMotion pictures$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aHollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aMotion picture studios$xHistory 615 0$aMotion picture industry$xHistory 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory 676 $a384/.80979494 700 $aDixon$b Wheeler W.$f1950-$01006109 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816250303321 996 $aDeath of the moguls$94061699 997 $aUNINA