Screenwriting [electronic resource] / edited by Andrew Horton and Julian Hoxter.

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"Reaching back to the early days of Hollywood, when moonlighting novelists, playwrights, and journalists were first hired to write scenarios and photoplays, Screenwriting illuminates the profound ways that screenwriters have contributed to the films we love. This book explores the social, political,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Horton, Andrew, 1944- (Editor of compilation)
Hoxter, Julian
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Series:Behind the silver screen series ; 8
Subjects:
Motion picture authorship > History.
Motion picture industry > United States > History.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2014 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2014 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2014 (EBSCO)
eBook High School Collection (EBSCOhost): 2014 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2014 (EBSCO)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction / Julian Hoxter
  • Machine to Screen: The Evolution toward Story, 1895-1928 / J. Madison Davis
  • Classical Hollywood, 1928-1946 / Mark Eaton
  • Postwar Hollywood, 1947-1967 / Jon Lewis
  • The Auteur Renaissance, 1968-1980 / Kevin Alexander Boon
  • Screenwriting in Another "New Hollywood",1980-1999 / Julian Hoxter
  • Screenwriting in The Modern Entertainment Marketplace, 2000-present / Mark J. Charney
  • Academy Award Winners for Screenwriting.