United Artists (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Krämer, Peter; Balio, Tino; Tzioumakis, Yannis; Needham, Gary

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This edited collection brings together leading film historians to examine key aspects of United Artists' centennial history from its origins to the sometimes chaotic developments of the last four decades.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429603235
• Artikelnr.: 58580440

Autorenporträt

Peter Krämer is a Senior Research Fellow in Cinema and TV in the Leicester Media School at De Montfort University, and a Senior Fellow in the School of Art, Media and American Studies at the University of East Anglia. He is the author or editor of ten academic books, including the BFI Film Classic on The General. Gary Needham is Senior Lecturer in Film and Media at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of a book on Brokeback Mountain and co-editor of collections on Queer TV and the films of Andy Warhol. He is currently writing a book on the Andy Warhol/Edie Sedgwick films for Bloomsbury and co-edits the Routledge Hollywood Centenary series with Yannis Tzioumakis. Yannis Tzioumakis is Reader in Film and Media Industries at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of five books, most recently of Acting Indie: Industry, Aesthetics and Performance (2020 with Cynthia Baron) and co-editor of five collections, including The Hollywood Renaissance: Revisiting American Cinemäs Most Celebrated Era (2018). He co-edits the Routledge Hollywood Centenary and the Cinema and Youth Cultures book series. Tino Balio is Professor Emeritus of Film in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the American film industry, including two monographs on the history of United Artists: United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars (1976) and United Artists: The Company that Changed the Film Industry (1987). He is also the author of MGM (2018), part of the Routledge Hollywood Centenary series.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: United Artists in Film History
Tino Balio Part 1 0. Introduction to Part 1 1. `One of the United Artists
: Buster Keaton, Joseph Schenck and United Artists 2. Declarations of Independence: Gloria Swanson at United Artists, 1925-1933 3. Going Independent in 1930s Hollywood: Freelance Star and Independent Producer Collaborations at United Artists 4. The Tramp, the Dictator and the Knight: United Artists and the Roadshowing of Prestige Pictures in the 1930s and 1940s 5. `Look, Ma, I
m A Corporation!
: United Artists and Kirk Douglas
s Bryna Productions 1955-1959 6. The Magnificent Seven Mirisch Companies: Competitive Strategy and Corporate Authorship 7. An Artist Under the Influence: United Artists and Woody Allen 8. No Shot in the Dark: Developing the Pink Panther Franchise Part 2 0. Introduction to Part 2 9. United Artists, Fourth Quarter 1980: The Rhetoric of Hollywood Failure & Success 10. `Cruising Is A Picture We Sincerely Wish We Did Not Have to Show
: United Artists, Ratings, Blind-bidding and the Controversy of William Friedkin
s Cruising (1980) 11. From Heaven
s Gate to Rocky IV: Reconfiguring Auteurism in United Artists
Transition to MGM/UA in the 1980s 12. The Next Step: Orion Pictures as the New United Artists (1978-1985) 13. United Artists Films: Re-entering the Specialty Market (1999-2005) 14. From Star-Producer to Executive: Tom Cruise and/at United Artists (2006-2012)