Research Catalog

Title

Hollywood : the movie colony, the movie makers / by Leo C. Rosten.

Author

Rosten, Leo, 1908-1997

Publication

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1941]

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Details

Description

x pages, 2 leaves, 3-436 pages : including tables; 24 cm

Series Statement

Literature of cinema

Uniform Title

Literature of cinema

Subject

• Motion pictures
• Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles
• Motion Pictures
• 24.32 history of film art
• Motion picture industry
• Motion pictures
• Cinematography
• Hollywood (Calif.) > Au cinéma
• Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
• California > Los Angeles
• California > Los Angeles > Hollywood
• Hollywood (Calif)

Genre/Form

• Motion pictures
• Motion pictures.
• Films.

Bibliography (note)

• "Reference notes": p. 415-426.

Contents

I. The movie colony: 1. The Hollywood legend -- 2. The movie colony -- 3. The movie elite -- 4. The big money -- 5. Eros in Hollywood -- 6. Politics over Hollywood -- 7. The fight for prestige -- 8. The night life of the gods -- 9. Of marble halls -- 10. Horses, gifts, and superstitions -- II. The movie makers: 11. The producers: I -- 12. The producers: II. -- 13. The directors -- 14. The writers -- 15. The actors -- III. . 16 The long arm of Hollywood -- Appendices: -- The movies and Los Angeles -- Production costs, analysis of movie companies, comparison with other industries -- Annual earnings, weekly salaries, and spending patterns -- Social data -- Marriage and divorce data -- Comments and preferences of movie makers -- Dogs, yachts, resorts -- Fan mail.

ISBN

• 0405016360
• 9780405016363

LCCN

41025392

OCLC

• ocm00691594
• 691594
• SCSB-228173

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library