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A History of

American Movies

A Film-by-Film Look at the

Art, Craft, and Business of Cinema

Paul Monaco

THE SCARECROW PRESS, INC.

Lanham New York Plymouth, UK

2010

Published by Scarecrow Press, Inc.

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Monaco, Paul.

A history of American movies : a film-by-film look at the art, craft, and business of

cinema / Paul Monaco.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8108-7433-6 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8108-7434-3 (pbk. :

alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8108-7439-8 (ebook)

1. Motion pictures—California—Los Angeles—History—20th century. 2. Motion

picture industry—United States—Los Angeles—History—20th century. 3. Hollywood

(Los Angeles, Calif.)—History—20th century. I. Title.

PN1993.5.U65M55 2010

791.430973—dc22 2009051427

™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of

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To my mother, Birdena O’Melia Monaco,

who was born in 1916, and who, like the

Hollywood movies, has grown since then

and continues to flourish.