Hollywood and the Box Office

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Inventions and Patents, 1895–99

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   Pages 1-6

3. Nickelodeons and Narrative, 1900–8

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   Pages 7-15

4. The Motion Picture Patents Company, 1908–14

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   Pages 16-25

5. Independents, Innovation and the Beginnings of Hollywood, 1908–15

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   Pages 26-37

6. Architecture of the Feature Film, 1915–25

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   Pages 38-52

7. Standardising Production and Consumption, 1915–25

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   Pages 53-71

8. The Coming of Sound, 1926–29

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   Pages 72-83

9. Product Differentiation in the 1930s

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   Pages 84-94

10. Depression and the Mature Oligopoly, the 1930s

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    Pages 95-110

11. War, Prosperity, Divorce and Loss, 1939–48

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    Pages 111-131

12. Hollywood in Transition, 1949–55

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    Pages 132-150

13. The New Order, 1955–68

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    Pages 151-170

14. Conglomerates and Diversification, 1965–86

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    Pages 171-198

15. Back Matter

    Pages 199-240

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Changing business circumstances have put pressure on film studios and changed the nature of films they produce. This book examines the reaction of the corporations who have found themselves in danger or have perceived new ways of adding to their profitability, influencing the films they produce.

• film
• Hollywood
• nature

• Department of Film and Media Studies, University of Stirling, UK

  John Izod

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