On Tue, 2 Jun 1998 13:40:18 -0400 Elizabeth Haas <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good book relating American economic history of the > 1930s to Hollywood of that time? Scott Eynan, "The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution, 1926-30" (Simon & Schuster, 1998), although not directly in your period, provides a very interesting account of the economic and industrial factors surrounding the conversion to sound. It's more journalism than scholarly writing, but extremely useful nonetheless. As for the '30s itself, Bordwell, Staiger & Thompson would make a useful starting point (it would certainly be worth investigating their biblioography). Other possibilities include Colin Shindler, "Hollywood in Crisis" (Routledge, 1996) & Vasey, "The World According to Hollywood" (U. of Exeter Press 1997). __________________________________ Leo Enticknap Postgraduate Common Room (newly renamed) School of English University of Exeter Queen's Building, The Queen's Drive Exeter Devon EX4 4QH United Kingdom email: [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite