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Acknowledgments Contributors 1 Introduction 2 Surviving the Great Depression 3 The Production Code and the Hays Office Richard Maltby 4 Feeding the Maw of Exhibition 5 Technological Change and Classical Film Style David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson 6 Selling Stars 7 Production Trends Prestige Pictures Musicals The Woman's Film Comedy Social Problem Films Horror Films 8 The B Film: Hollywood's Other Half Brian Taves 9 The Poetics and Politics of Nonfiction: Documentary Film Charles Wolfe 10 Avant-Garde Film ]an-Christopher Horak Appendixes: Variety's Top-grossing Films Major Academy Awards Film Daily's Ten Best Films List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography General Index Index of Films
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