Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s (History of the American Cinema, 6)

Rating:
Summary: Indispensible for anyone interested in US film or the '40s
Review: An extraordinary book in an extraordinary series (all the other volumes in the History of the American Cinema are first rate as well). Schatz tells the fascinating story of a decade in which Hollywood saw its fortunes rise and then collapse. Not just a fine example of film history, but of business history as well.

Rating:
Summary: Indispensible for anyone interested in US film or the '40s
Review: An extraordinary book in an extraordinary series (all the other volumes in the History of the American Cinema are first rate as well). Schatz tells the fascinating story of a decade in which Hollywood saw its fortunes rise and then collapse. Not just a fine example of film history, but of business history as well.