American Cinema. Vol 4: The Studio System / Film in the Television Age

Synopsis: A 10-part history of seven decades of American cinema, released in five volumes.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 105 min.
Year of production: 1994
Availability: Sale; 1997 sale: £11.99 (inclusive)
Documentation: 2 (narrator Cliff Robertson): Examines how a new era of motion picture entertainment grew out of the arrival of television and also how television was influenced by the cinema. Includes footage from THE ROBE, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, M.A.S.H., NETWORK and THE PLAYER, and includes interviews with Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands, Robert Altman, Sidney Lumet, Arthur Penn and John Frankenheimer - a new generation of television-trained directors.
Subjects: Media studies
Keywords: cinema - USA; history of broadcasting; history of cinema

Cast

Title: Studio system, The
Synopsis: 1 (narrator Peter Coyote): Using Paramount Pictures a a case study, looks at the studio system that monopolised Hollywood film production and distribution through the 1950s, when television, limited budgets and non-exclusive contracts signalled its demise
Title: Film in the television age

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