Foreign Films in America
Title | Foreign Films in America PDF eBook |
Author | Kerry Segrave |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2014-11-18 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0786481625 |
Foreign films once enjoyed a position of prominence on American theater screens. By the start of World War I, however, the United States' film industry was strong enough to challenge that foreign presence and foreign films in America have been insignificant ever since. For about a century, the Hollywood cartel has dominated the production, distribution, and exhibition of movies domestically and around the world. This work traces the history of the foreign film in America from its domination in the early days to its low standing in the present, looking at the attempts made by foreign producers to increase their presence on American cinema screens, the responses by Hollywood to those attempts, and the oligopoly of Hollywood's few producers. The work discusses the cultural differences between foreign artistic expression and the commercialism of the American film and analyzes Hollywood's explanations for the lack of a foreign presence: Americans have "unique" tastes, they don't like subtitles, foreign films are immoral or badly made, trade union pressure, and so on. An appendix detailing the all-time gross earnings of foreign-language films and a full bibliography conclude the work, which is illustrated with stills and posters.
Foreign Films Released in America
Title | Foreign Films Released in America PDF eBook |
Author | National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (U.S.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 10 |
Release | 1934 |
Genre | Motion pictures, European |
ISBN |
The International Film Industry
Title | The International Film Industry PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas H. Guback |
Publisher | |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Motion picture industry |
ISBN |
American Films Abroad
Title | American Films Abroad PDF eBook |
Author | Kerry Segrave |
Publisher | |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN |
While Hollywood contends that the domination of American films abroad is due to the quality of its product, the truth is that the major American movie studios have established a virtual worldwide monopoly on the distribution and exhibition of the film industry. The United States government has greatly aided Hollywood's effort's and continues to do so.The U.S. governemnt first became heavily involved with the film industry in 1916 when U.S. consuls were instructed to report on the market for American movies. The government, in turn, made this information available to the industry. Eight companies (MGM, Paramount, 20th Century-Fox, RKO, Warner Bros., Universal, United Artists, and Columbia) used the government information to establish a virtual cartel. This work examines the practices of this cartel in its various forms, how it came to dominate the industry worldwide, and the role the U.S. government has played in advancing its monopolistic practices.
All about Oscar
Title | All about Oscar PDF eBook |
Author | Emanuel Levy |
Publisher | Burns & Oates |
Pages | 390 |
Release | 2004-10-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780826416681 |
A book for all film lovers All About Oscar registered] builds on Emmanuel Levy's acclaimed Oscar Fever to give even more information and insights into the Academy Awards registered]. Ever wonder how Oscar got it's name? Who's been nominated most times without winning? Why more than a billion people worldwide watch every year? Here are the answers
The Exhibition of Foreign Films in the United States
Title | The Exhibition of Foreign Films in the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Kay Bertrand |
Publisher | |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Motion-pictures, European |
ISBN |
Soviet Americana
Title | Soviet Americana PDF eBook |
Author | Sergei Zhuk |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 351 |
Release | 2018-01-08 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1786723034 |
The Americanist community played a vital role in the Cold War, as well as in large part directing the cultural consumption of Soviet society and shaping perceptions of the US. To shed light onto this important, yet under-studied, academic community, Sergei Zhuk here explores the personal histories of prominent Soviet Americanists, considering the myriad cultural influences - from John Wayne's bravado in the film Stagecoach to Miles Davis - that shaped their identities, careers and academic interests. Zhuk's compelling account draws on a wide range of understudied archival documents, periodicals, letters and diaries as well as more than 100 exclusive interviews with prominent Americanists to take the reader from the post-war origins of American studies, via the extremes of the Cold War, thaw and perestroika, to Putin's Russia. Soviet Americana is a comprehensive insight into shifting attitudes towards the US throughout the twentieth century and an essential resource for all Soviet and Cold War historians.