A history of American movies : a film-by-film look at the art, craft, and business of cinema

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Label

A history of American movies : a film-by-film look at the art, craft, and business of cinema

Title remainder

a film-by-film look at the art, craft, and business of cinema

Statement of responsibility

Paul Monaco

Creator

• Monaco, Paul

Subject

• Motion pictures -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
• Motion picture industry -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
• Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

The book focuses on 170 of the most highly regarded and recognized feature films selected by the Hollywood establishment: each Oscar winner for Best Picture, as well as those voted the greatest by members of the American Film Institute. By focusing on a select group of films that represent the epitome of these collaborations, Monaco provides an essential history of one of the modern world's most complex and successful cultural institutions: Hollywood. --from publisher description

Action

digitized

Dewey number

791.430973

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography