Schatz, Thomas, 1948-

Hollywood genres : formulas, filmmaking, and the studio system / Thomas Schatz. - New York Random House, c1981. - xiv, 297 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 275-284.

The genius of the system -- Film genres and the genre film -- The Western -- The gangster film -- The hardboiled-detective film -- The screwball comedy -- The musical -- The family melodrama -- Epilogue: Hollywood filmmaking and American mythmaking.

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Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History.

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