The Hollywood Story to Know About the American Movie Business but

This fully revised and updated edition of an award-winning classic traces the history of Hollywood from the silent era to the present day.<i>The Hollywood Story</i>comprehensively covers every aspect of movie-making in America, taking in nickelodeans, drive-ins and multiplexes; the transition from silent to sound, black and white to color; the relationships of producers, directors, stars and technicians; and the function and output of the studios - their major hits and most expensive flops.