Hollywood TV: The Studio System in the Fifties

by Christopher Anderson

Book Overview

The 1950s was one of the most turbulent periods in the history of motion pictures and television. During the decade, as Hollywood's most powerful studios and independent producers shifted into TV production, TV replaced film as America's principal postwar culture industry.

This pioneering study offers the first thorough exploration of the movie industry's shaping role in the development of television and its narrative forms. Drawing on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292704577
• ISBN13: 9780292704572
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"