United Artists, Volume 1, 1919–1950
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United Artists, Volume 1, 1919–1950

The Company Built by the Stars

  1. 360 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

United Artists, Volume 1, 1919–1950

The Company Built by the Stars

About this book

United Artists was a unique motion picture company in the history of Hollywood. Founded by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and director D.W. Griffith—four of the greatest names of the silent era—United Artists functioned as a distribution company for independent producers. In this lively and detailed history of United Artists from 1919 through 1951, film scholar Tino Balio chronicles the company's struggle for survival, its rise to prominence as the Tiffany of the industry, and its near extinction in the 1940s.
    This edition is updated with a new introduction by Balio that places in relief UA's operations for those readers who may be unfamiliar with film industry practices and adds new perspective to the company's place within Hollywood.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction: (Dis)united Artists
  5. 1 Artists in Business: 1919
  6. 2 Starts and Fits: 1919-1924
  7. 3 Joe Schenck's Reorganization: 1925-1931
  8. 4 Adjusting to Talkies: 1928-1932
  9. 5 Depression and Monopoly: 1932-1934
  10. 6 Schenck's Last Years: 1932-1935
  11. 7 Without a Leader: 1934-1936
  12. 8 The Goldwyn Battles: 1936-1941
  13. 9 Facing the War: 1941
  14. 10 Worsening Strains Within: 1942-1944
  15. 11 Coming Apart at the Seams: 1944-1948
  16. 12 The End and the Beginning of UA: 1949-
  17. Appendix 1 Releases: 1919-1950
  18. Appendix 2 Producers
  19. Appendix 3 The Walt Disney Cartoons
  20. Appendix 4 Income History
  21. Appendix 5 Record of Dividend Payments
  22. Appendix 6 Capital Stock Purchased by the Company
  23. The UA Collection: A Descriptive Inventory
  24. Notes
  25. Index