United Artists [[electronic resource] ] : the company built by the stars . Volume 1 1919-1950 / / Tino Balio

• Autore: Balio Tino
• Pubblicazione: Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xxix, 323 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 791.43/06/579494; 384/.80979494
• Soggetto topico: Motion picture industry - History
• Note generali: Reprint of the 1976 publication with a new introduction.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: United 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: United Artists
• ISBN: 9786612270475; 1-282-27047-8; 0-299-23003-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820247203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II