University of California Press is pleased to announce a new publication: HIDDEN TALENT: THE EMERGENCE OF HOLLYWOOD AGENTS by Tom Kemper "A landmark volume." -- Toby Miller In this first-ever history of Hollywood agents, Tom Kemper mines agency archives to present an insider's view on their tooth-and-claw rise to power during the studio era. Existing studies characterize agents as a product of the 1950s, but Kemper revises the record to show how agents emerged from the primordial film industry during the late 1920s and carved themselves a permanent niche. 312 pages, 19 b/w photographs paperback $21.95 (9780520257078) cloth $55 (9780520257061) For more information, visit: http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/11178.php Information on review copies: http://www.ucpress.edu/press/review.php ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html