Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Opening Credits
- 2 Oblique Casting and Early MGM
- 3 One Great Scene: Thalberg’s Silent Spectacles
- 4 Entertainment Value and Sound Cinema
- 5 Love Stories and General Principles: The Development of the Production Code
- 6 The Intelligent Producer and the Restructuring of MGM
- 7 “What can we do to make the picture better?”
- 8 Conclusion: Once a Star, Always a Star
- Works Cited
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2020
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Opening Credits
- 2 Oblique Casting and Early MGM
- 3 One Great Scene: Thalberg’s Silent Spectacles
- 4 Entertainment Value and Sound Cinema
- 5 Love Stories and General Principles: The Development of the Production Code
- 6 The Intelligent Producer and the Restructuring of MGM
- 7 “What can we do to make the picture better?”
- 8 Conclusion: Once a Star, Always a Star
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
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- Information
- Produced by Irving ThalbergTheory of Studio-Era Filmmaking, pp. i - ivPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2020