[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: History of Hollywood

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department at Cleveland Publi=
c Library highlights the history of Hollywood and one its early stars=
, Clara Bow.
The Literature Department is located on the second floor of the Main =
Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue=
. Click on the link provided to access the library=92s catalog to res=
erve any of these titles. For more information, visit our location, c=
all 216-623-2881, or email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94

The Hollywood Studio System: A History.
Douglas Gomery.
(PN1993.5.U65 G575 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D1844570649
(Link includes table of contents)
This "is the first book to describe and analyse the complete developm=
ent, classic operation, and reinvention of the global corporate entit=
ies which produce and distribute most of the films we watch." -- from=
 the back cover

Hollywood's Road to Riches.
David Waterman.
(PN1993.5.U6 W39 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0674019458
(Link includes cover art and table of contents)
"Combining historical and economic analysis, Hollywood's Road to Rich=
es shows how the Hollywood studios, facing their darkest days in the =
early 1970s, have magnified their revenues from theatrical films many=
 times over and have come to command over 80 percent of the world's f=
ilm business." -- from the book jacket

Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild.
David Stenn.
(PN2287.B65 S74 2000)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0815410255
(Link includes cover art)
"Silent screen sensation Clara Bow (1905-1965), the greatest box-offi=
ce draw of her day, was the embodiment of the Roaring Twenties...Davi=
d Stenn captures the 'It' girl's legendary rise to stardom and fall f=
rom grace, her success marred by studio exploitation and sexual scand=
als." -- from the back cover

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Donald Boozer, Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
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