Acclaimed for its breakthrough approach and its combination of theoretical analysis and empirical evidence, this is the standard work on the classical Hollywood cinema style of film-making from the silent era to the 1960s.
`At the very least, this blockbuster is probably the best single volume history of Hollywood we're likely to get in a very long time.' - City Limits`Persuasively argued, the book is also packed with facts, figures and photographs.' - Financial Times`An exhaustive study of Hollywood cinema to 1960.' - Times Education Supplement`A dense, challenging and important book.' - The Observer
