LEADER 03021nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910820247203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612270475 010 $a1-282-27047-8 010 $a0-299-23003-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000817479 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000344101 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11304700 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344101 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10306008 035 $a(PQKB)11074048 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000344100 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11232306 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344100 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10306573 035 $a(PQKB)11591548 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444844 035 $a(OCoLC)643638419 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12419 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444846 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444846 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10315753 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL227048 035 $a(OCoLC)646813629 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000817479 100 $a20081023d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnited Artists$b[electronic resource] $ethe company built by the stars$hVolume 1$i1919-1950 /$fTino Balio 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison, Wis. $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press$dc2009 215 $axxix, 323 p. $cill 300 $aReprint of the 1976 publication with a new introduction. 311 $a0-299-23004-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: (Dis)united Artists -- 1 Artists in Business: 1919 -- 2 Starts and Fits: 1919-1924 -- 3 Joe Schenck's Reorganization: 1925-1931 -- 4 Adjusting to Talkies: 1928-1932 -- 5 Depression and Monopoly: 1932-1934 -- 6 Schenck's Last Years: 1932-1935 -- 7 Without a Leader: 1934-1936 -- 8 The Goldwyn Battles: 1936-1941 -- 9 Facing the War: 1941 -- 10 Worsening Strains Within: 1942-1944 -- 11 Coming Apart at the Seams: 1944-1948 -- 12 The End and the Beginning of UA: 1949- -- Appendix 1 Releases: 1919-1950 -- Appendix 2 Producers -- Appendix 3 The Walt Disney Cartoons -- Appendix 4 Income History -- Appendix 5 Record of Dividend Payments -- Appendix 6 Capital Stock Purchased by the Company -- The UA Collection: A Descriptive Inventory -- Notes -- Index. 330 $aUnited Artists was a unique motion picture company in the history of Hollywood. Founded by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and director D.W. Griffith--four of the greatest names of the silent era--United Artists functioned as a distribution company for independent producers. 606 $aMotion picture industry$xHistory 615 0$aMotion picture industry$xHistory. 676 $a791.43/06/579494 676 $a384/.80979494 700 $aBalio$b Tino$0780395 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820247203321 996 $aUnited Artists$92139051 997 $aUNINA