Engulfed: The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood

by Bernard F. Dick

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" From Double Indemnity to The Godfather, the stories behind some of the greatest films ever made pale beside the story of the studio that made them. In the golden age of Hollywood, Paramount was one of the Big Five studios. Gulf + Western's 1966 takeover of the studio signaled the end of one era and heralded the arrival of a new way of doing business in Hollywood. Bernard Dick reconstructs the battle that culminated in the reduction of the studio...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0813122023

ISBN13:9780813122021

Release Date:August 2001

Publisher:University Press of Kentucky

Length:280 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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