| Description |
xiv, 330 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
He who gets slapped (1924) -- Greed (1924) -- The big parade (1925) -- Putting pants on Philip (1927) -- White shadows in the south seas (1928) -- The Broadway melody (1929) -- Hallelujah (1929) -- Freaks (1932) -- Tarzan the ape man (1932) -- Grand hotel (1932) -- Dancing lady (1933) -- The good earth (1937) -- Love finds Andy Hardy (1938) -- The wizard of oz (1939) -- Gone with the wind (1939) -- Puss gets the boot (1940) -- Mrs. Miniver (1942) -- Song of Russia (1944) -- Meet me in St Louis (1944) -- The postman always rings twice (1946) -- On the town (1949) -- Battleground (1949) -- The red badge of courage (1951) -- Singin' in the rain (1952) -- The blackboard jungle (1955) -- Forbidden planet (1956) -- Jailhouse rock (1957) -- Cat on a hot tin roof (1958) -- Ben-hur : a tale of the Christ (1925) -- Ben-hur (1959) -- North by northwest (1959) -- How the west was won (1962) -- Dr. No (1963) -- The man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1968) -- Doctor Zhivago (1965) -- Blow-up (1966) -- How the grinch stole Christmas! (1966) -- The dirty dozen (1967) -- : a space odyssey (1968) -- Shaft (1971) -- Hollywood : the dream factory (1972) -- The phantom of Hollywood (1974) -- That's entertainment! (1974) -- Rocky (1976) -- Coma (1978) -- Heaven's gate (1980) -- Hero at large (1980), or Being there (1979), or The formula (1980) -- Pennies from heaven (1981) -- Running scared (1986) -- Get shorty (1995). |
| Summary |
"Discusses the films that, for one reason or another, changed the trajectory of MGM and the film industry in general"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-330). |
| Subject |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -- History.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion picture studios -- California -- Los Angeles.
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| Added Title |
Fifty MGM films that transformed Hollywood |
| ISBN |
9781493067008 hardcover |
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1493067001 hardcover |
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