Twentieth Century-Fox : the Zanuck-Skouras years, 1935-1965 / / by Peter Lev

• Autore: Lev Peter <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Austin, : Uiversity of Texas Press, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Disciplina: 384/.80979494
• Soggetto topico: Motion pictures
• Classificazione: AP 44983
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-300) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: When 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Twentieth Century-Fox
• ISBN: 0-292-74448-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827455403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II