Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s

Boom and Bust traces the movie industry through the momentous decade of the 1940s. It discusses changes in the structure of the studio system — including the shift to independent production — and the dominant stars, genres, and production trends through the period.

• Author
• Thomas Schatz

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 582

• Series
• History of the American Cinema

• Publisher
• University of California Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780520221307

• Release date
• 1999