Framework: A History of Screenwriting in the American FilmUpdated and expanded for the third edition, this volume combines scholarship with movie lore to present a comprehensive account of the development and influence of the American screenwriter. The text is written in an informal style and includes anecdotes and stories that spotlight writer's creative work and their struggle to achieve recognition. |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictStempel traces the development of the script and screenwriter in the Hollywood film. Beginning with the early film shorts, he shows the evolution of the brief story outline into the full-scale epic ... Read full review
Contents
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Silent Comedy | 27 |
Titles | 35 |
Ince and Sullivan | 41 |
The Studio Period 19201950 | 49 |
Silent Studios | 51 |
Independent Screenwriters | 114 |
WriterProducers | 123 |
WriterDirectors | 129 |
The Guild | 136 |
The Party | 144 |
Independent Production 19502000 | 154 |
Decline of the Studios | 155 |
The Black Market | 164 |
Sound 37 | 57 |
Visitors from the East | 63 |
MetroGoldwynMayer | 70 |
Twentieth CenturyFox | 77 |
Warner Brothers | 85 |
Paramount | 93 |
Columbia | 100 |
Other Studios Other Writing | 105 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Framework: A History of Screenwriting in the American Film Television (Paperback) Television series |
| Author | Tom Stempel |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Syracuse University Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0815606540, 9780815606543 |
| Length | 313 pages |
| Subjects | › › Performing Arts / Film & Video / History & Criticism Performing Arts / Film & Video / Screenwriting Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism Performing Arts / Film / Screenwriting |
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