List of illustrations iii Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Five theses on the history of Hollywood 1 1 Before Hollywood 5 2 The studio system 19 3 Sound and the Production Code 37 4 Hollywood at war 54 5 The blacklist and the Cold War 70 6 The New Hollywood 85 7 Home video and Indiewood 101 8 Digital cinema and the internet 116 References 131 Further reading 133 Index 135
