Engulfed: The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood

by Bernard F. Dick

Book Overview

From Double Indemnity to The Godfather, the stories behind some of the greatest films ever made pale beside the story of the studio that made them. In the golden age of Hollywood, Paramount was one of the Big Five studios. Gulf + Western's 1966 takeover of the studio signaled the end of one era and heralded the arrival of a new way of doing business in Hollywood. Bernard Dick reconstructs the battle that culminated in the reduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081315135X
• ISBN13: 9780813151359
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"