Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s (History of the American Cinema)

Advisory Board......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Contributors......Page 13
1. Introduction......Page 15
Part 1. The Prewar Era......Page 22
2. The Motion Picture Industry in 1940-1941......Page 23
3. The Hollywood Studio System in 1940-1941......Page 53
4. Prewar Stars, Genres, and Production Trends......Page 91
Part 2. The War Era......Page 140
5. The Motion Picture Industry During World War II......Page 142
6. The Hollywood Studio System, 1942-1945......Page 180
7. Wartime Stars, Genres, and Production Trends......Page 214
8. Regulating the Screen: The Office of War Information and the Production Code Administration......Page 273
Part 3. The Postwar Era......Page 293
9. The Postwar Motion Picture Industry......Page 295
10. The Hollywood Studio System, 1946-1949......Page 339
11. Postwar Stars, Genres, and Production Trends......Page 363
Part 4. Ancillary Developments......Page 405
12. Documenting the 1940s......Page 406
13. Television and Hollywood in the 1940s......Page 431
14. Experimental and Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1940s......Page 454
Appendix 1. Total Number of Theaters in the United States, 1940-1950......Page 470
Appendix 2. Average Weekly Attendance in the United States, 1940-1950......Page 471
Appendix 3. Number of Feature Films Released in the United States, 1940-1949......Page 472
Appendix 4. Major Studio Revenues and Profits, 1940-1949......Page 473
Appendix 5. Top Box-Office Pictures, 1940-1949......Page 475
Appendix 6. Exhibitors\' Poll of Top Ten Box-Office Stars, 1940-1949......Page 478
Appendix 7. Major Academy Awards, 1940-1949......Page 481
Appendix 8. National Board of Review, 1940-1949......Page 488
Notes......Page 492
Bibliography......Page 535