Course Introduction

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Class Meetings:
Thursdays, 10am-1pm
511 Dodge Hall

 

A survey of the history of producing in the US from pre-Hollywood filmmaking to the poststudio era of independent producers, agency packaging, and industry conglomerates. Hollywood producers such as Thomas Ince, Jesse Lasky, Irving Thalberg, David O. Selznick, and Dore Schary are considered. Emphasis is also placed independant productions as an alternate method of filmmaking.