Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s Volume 6 (Paperback)

Acknowledgments
Contributors

1 Introduction
PART 1: THE PREWAR ERA
2 The Motion Picture Industry in 1940-1941
3 The Hollywood Studio System in 1940-1941
DUALS, B's, AND THE INDUSTRY DISCOURSE ABOUT ITs AUDIENCE
4 Prewar Stars, Genres, and Production Trends

PART 2: THE WAR ERA
5 The Motion Picture Industry During World War II
6 The Hollywood Studio System, 1942-1945
SELLING MILDRED PIERCE: A CASE STUDY
Mary Beth Haralovich
7 Wartime Stars, Genres, and Production Trends
8 Regulating the Screen: The Office of War Information
and the Production Code Administration
Clayton R. Koppes

PART 3: THE POST\VAR ERA
9 The Postwar Motion Picture Industry
SAG, HUAC, AND POSTWAR HOLLYWOOD
Gorham Kindem
10 The Hollywood Studio System, 1946-1949
11 Postwar Stars, Genres, and Production Trends

PART 4: ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENTS
12 Docurnenting the 1940s
Thomas Doherty
13 Television and Hollywood in the 1940s
Christopher Anderson
14 Experimental and Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1940s
Lauren Rabinovitz

Appendix 1 Total Number of Theaters in the United States, 1940-1950
Appendix 2 Average Weekly Attendance in the United States, 1940-1950
Appendix 3 Number of Feature Films Released
in the United States, 1940-1949
Appendix 4 Major Studio Revenues and Profits, 1940-1949
Appendix 5 Top Box-Office Pictures, 1940-1949
Appendix 6 Exhibitors' Poll of Top Ten Box-Office Stars, 1940-1949
Appendix 7 Major Academy Awards, 1940-1949
Appendix 8 National Board of Review, 1940-1949
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Films