Ink-Stained Hollywood: The Triumph of American Cinema's Trade Press

by Eric Hoyt

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For the first half of the twentieth century, no American industry boasted a more motley and prolific trade press than the movie business--a cutthroat landscape that set the stage for battle by ink. In 1930, Martin Quigley, publisher of Exhibitors Herald, conspired with Hollywood studios to eliminate all competing trade papers, yet this attempt and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520383699
• ISBN13: 9780520383692
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.9" x 6.0"