{"product_id":"columbia-pictures-bernard-f-dick-9780813152158","title":"Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing on previously untapped archival materials including letters, interviews, and more, Bernard F. Dick traces the history of Columbia Pictures, from its beginnings as the CBC Film Sales Company, through the regimes of Harry Cohn and his successors, and ending with a vivid portrait of today's corporate Hollywood. The book offers unique perspectives on the careers of Rita Hayworth and Judy Holliday, a discussion of Columbia's unique brands of screwball comedy and film noir, and analyses of such classics as \u003ci\u003eThe Awful Truth, Born Yesterday, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e From Here to Eternity. \u003c\/i\u003eFollowing the author's highly readable studio chronicle are fourteen original essays by leading film scholars that follow Columbia's emergence from Poverty Row status to world class, and the stars, films, genres, writers, producers, and directors responsible for its transformation. A new essay on Quentin Tarentino's \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Time...in Hollywood \u003c\/i\u003erounds out the collection and brings this seminal studio history into the 21st century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmply illustrated with film stills and photos of stars and studio heads, \u003ci\u003eColumbia Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to integrate history with criticism of a single studio, and is ideal for film lovers and scholars alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard F. Dick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813152151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813152158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.98w x 0.87d","brand":"Bernard F. Dick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051542442239,"sku":"9780813152158","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c06cee6-8ba6-4f4a-933d-e792930111f7.jpg?v=1685013718","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/columbia-pictures-bernard-f-dick-9780813152158","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}