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Class 12: Lew Wasserman, MCA, and the New Media Conglomerate
In today’s class, we surveyed some of the contributions Lew Wasserman made between the 1940s and 1980s to the Hollywood system. With the fall of the studio system, the role of the movie mogul had become all but irrelevant. Wasserman as … Continue reading
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Tagged blockbuster, conglomerate, Hollywood, Jaws, Music Corporation of America, Universal, Wasserman
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Class 9: Hollywood and Television
In today’s class, we examined some of the ways that Hollywood tried to recuperate the audience it lost throughout the 1950s due to declining attendance and the rise of television. As we will see, some of these gimmicks were short-lived … Continue reading
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Tagged adult content, color, Hollywood, stereo, television, widescreen
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