Fenwick, James.

Unproduction Studies and the American Film Industry. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (143 pages) - Routledge Focus on Film Studies . - Routledge Focus on Film Studies .

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- About the author -- Preface -- 1 Unproduction studies -- 2 Hollywood and the Production Code Administration -- 3 The Margaret Herrick Library and the PCA records -- 4 Women -- 5 Sex -- 6 Politics -- 7 Crime -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix I: Unproduced files in the PCA records -- Index.

This book makes the case for unproduction studies, the study of films left unmade, unseen, or unreleased, as a radical discipline with the potential to uncover a shadow history of the American film industry.

9781000463200


Motion picture industry-United States-History.
Motion pictures-History-Methodology.
Unfinished films-United States-History and criticism.


Electronic books.

PN1993.5.U6 F469 2022

791.430973