Engineering Hollywood : technology, technicians, and the science of building the studio system /

Marzola, Luci,

Engineering Hollywood : technology, technicians, and the science of building the studio system / Luci Marzola. - New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021. - 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

'Engineering Hollywood' tells the story of the formation of the Hollywood studio system not as the product of a genius producer, but as an industry that brought together creative practices and myriad cutting-edge technologies in ways that had never been seen before. Using extensive archival research, this book examines the role of technicians, engineers, and trade organizations in creating a stable technological infrastructure on which the studio system rested for decades.

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Motion picture industry--Technological innovations--History.--California--Los Angeles
Motion pictures--Production and direction--History.--California--Los Angeles

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