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Contents
THE GENIUS OF THE SYSTEM | 3 |
FILM GENRES AND THE GENRE FILM | 14 |
Toward a grammar of film genre | 20 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Hollywood genres: formulas, filmmaking, and the studio system |
| Author | Thomas Schatz |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Temple University Press, 1981 |
| ISBN | 0877222223, 9780877222224 |
| Length | 297 pages |
| Subjects | › › Cinéma Film genres Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Motion pictures Motion pictures United States Motion pictures/ United States Motion-pictures Performing Arts / Film & Video / General |
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