LEADER 03167nam 2200529Ia 450 001 9910827455403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-74448-X 024 7 $a10.7560/744479 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060193 035 $a(EBL)3443665 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443665 035 $a(OCoLC)831663001 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25085 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443665 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10683922 035 $a(DE-B1597)586491 035 $a(OCoLC)1280944659 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292744486 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060193 100 $a20120709d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTwentieth Century-Fox $ethe Zanuck-Skouras years, 1935-1965 /$fby Peter Lev 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUiversity of Texas Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (327 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-74447-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [291]-300) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- The merger, 1935-1939 -- Wartime prosperity, 1940-1945 -- Peak achievements, 1946-1950 -- A slow decline, 1951-1960 -- Bust and boom, 1961-1965 -- Epilogue, 1966-2011. 330 $aWhen the Fox Film Corporation merged with Twentieth Century Pictures in 1935, the company posed little threat to industry juggernauts such as Paramount and MGM. In the years that followed however, guided by executives Darryl F. Zanuck and Spyros Skouras, it soon emerged as one of the most important studios. Though working from separate offices in New York and Los Angeles and often of two different minds, the two men navigated Twentieth Century-Fox through the trials of the World War II boom, the birth of television, the Hollywood Blacklist, and more to an era of exceptional success, which included what was then the highest grossing movie of all time, The Sound of Music. Twentieth Century-Fox is a comprehensive examination of the studio?s transformation during the Zanuck-Skouras era. Instead of limiting his scope to the Hollywood production studio, Lev also delves into the corporate strategies, distribution models, government relations, and technological innovations that were the responsibilities of the New York headquarters. Moving chronologically, he examines the corporate history before analyzing individual films produced by Twentieth Century-Fox during that period. Drawn largely from original archival research, Twentieth Century-Fox offers not only enlightening analyses and new insights into the films and the history of the company, but also affords the reader a unique perspective from which to view the evolution of the entire film industry. 606 $aMotion pictures 615 0$aMotion pictures. 676 $a384/.80979494 686 $aAP 44983$qBSZ$2rvk 700 $aLev$b Peter$f1948-$0778732 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827455403321 996 $aTwentieth Century-Fox$94079548 997 $aUNINA