RKO Radio Pictures
A Titan Is Born
(Sprache: Englisch)
"Enjoying exclusive access to RKO archives before they were dispersed to the winds, Rick Jewell has crafted a powerful and unprecedented company history that is rich in detail and sharp in insight. Pinpointing both industry ambitions and corporate...
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"Enjoying exclusive access to RKO archives before they were dispersed to the winds, Rick Jewell has crafted a powerful and unprecedented company history that is rich in detail and sharp in insight. Pinpointing both industry ambitions and corporate shenanigans, Jewell offers a tale both gripping and instructive. A major contribution to Hollywood studio history in the classic era.--Dana Polan, author of Scenes of Instruction: The Beginnings of the U.S. Study of Film"Richard Jewell has written a definitive portrait of a major Hollywood studio during the heyday of the movies. Enriched by a lode of archival material, Jewell's RKO story reconstructs the dynamics of the studio system; its stresses and strains; its logistical challenges; and its in-house rivalries. Some big names are vividly brought to life: David Sarnoff, Pandro Berman, Fred Astaire, Katharine Hepburn, Orson Welles, to name a few. Jewell interweaves RKO's corporate maneuverings and production agenda with great skill. A more compelling history of a Hollywood major is hard to imagine."--Tino Balio, author of The Foreign Film Renaissance on American Screens, 1946-1973"A painstakingly researched and lucidly written business history of RKO Studios from its founding through 1942, Richard Jewell's RKO Studios: A Titan is Born not only traces the shifting economic fortunes of the studio that gave us King Kong, the Astaire-Rogers musicals, and Citizen Kane but also fills an important gap in our understanding of how the studio system survived and at times even thrived during the Golden Age of Hollywood."--Charles Maland, author of Chaplin and American Culture
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Of the Big Five Studios of Hollywoods golden age, RKO had the most interesting and troubled history. The studio itself, rather than the films or stars, is the focus of this book, and RKOs pattern of rapid change and management turnover gives Jewell an opportunity to look at virtually every challenge a studio could face from the early days through the early 1940s. RKO was home to some of the greatest films and most glamourous stars, however, its management and finances were (even for Hollywood) unstable, and produced a 30-year roller-coaster of artistic gambles (not all of which paid off) and Punch-and-Judy management battles. Was it possible for a studio to have bankable properties like King Kong, Fred and Ginger, and Katherine Hepburn and still flirt regularly with bankruptcy? It was. With access to now-off limits documents, Jewel creates a gripping narrative and definitive history from the studios trials and triumphs.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Richard B. Jewell
- 2012, 324 Seiten, 24 Abbildungen, Maße: 27,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: University of California Press
- ISBN-10: 0520271793
- ISBN-13: 9780520271791
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Enjoying exclusive access to RKO archives before they were dispersed to the winds, Rick Jewell has crafted a powerful and unprecedented company history that is rich in detail and sharp in insight. Pinpointing both industry ambitions and corporate shenanigans, Jewell offers a tale both gripping and instructive. A major contribution to Hollywood studio history in the classic era." - Dana Polan, author of Scenes of Instruction: The Beginnings of the U.S. Study of Film
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