Hollywood on Location: An Industry History

Gleich, Joshua

Offers the first comprehensive history of location shooting in the American film industry, showing how this mode of filmmaking changed Hollywood business practices, production strategies, and visual style from the silent era to the present.

Contents                                                                                                          Introduction                                                                                                                                        Joshua Gleich and Lawrence Webb                            1. The Silent Era, 1895-1927                                                                                                              Jennifer Peterson 2. Classical Hollywood, 1928-1945                                                                                                    Sheri Chinen Biesen 3. Postwar Hollywood, 1945-1967, Part 1: Domestic Location Shooting                             Joshua Gleich 4. Postwar Hollywood, 1945-1967, Part 2: Foreign Location Shooting                                            Daniel Steinhart 5. The Auteur Renaissance, 1968-1979                                                                                              Lawrence Webb 6. The New Hollywood, 1980-1999                                                                                                   Noelle Griffis 7. The Modern Entertainment Marketplace, 2000-Present                                                                 Julian Stringer Notes on Contributors