Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial HistoryUnlike any previous volume on a film studio, this in-depth history is told from a corporate viewpoint, covering the trends that influenced film-making, profit-making incentives, and the creative policies resulting in films like The Grapes of Wrath, The Snake Pit, The Robe, Cleopatra, The Towering Inferno, and Star Wars. The book spans the birth of the movies; the rise of the studio system; the coming of sound; the Consent Decrees; the development of CinemaScope; the growth of independent production; and the video revolution. Available in paperback 2001. |
Contents
1 The Movies become an Industry | 1 |
2 Fox Starts Again | 14 |
3 Fox on the March | 24 |
4 Darryl ZanuckMan or Mogul? | 39 |
5 The Tail that Wagged the Dog | 49 |
6 Boom Years | 58 |
7 Enter the Fifties | 70 |
8 The Coming of CinemaScope | 81 |
14 Darryl Zanuck Rides Again | 146 |
15 Upheaval | 156 |
16 New Policies and New Forces | 167 |
17 Star Wars and Beyond | 179 |
18 A Private Company | 192 |
19 After Davis | 204 |
Chapter Notes | 207 |
Bibliography | 213 |
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