Taking the machine apart - 'Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960' - from 1909 in seven sections: 'The Classical Hollywood Style, 1917-1960', 'The Hollywood Mode of Production to 1930', 'The Formulation of the Classical Style, 1909-1928', 'Film Style and Technology to 1930', 'The Hollywood Mode of Production 1930-1960', 'Film Style and Technology 1930-1960', and 'Historical Implications of the Classical Hollywood Cinema'; appendixes, indexed, and illustrated throughout.
