Description:
Producing is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the myriad roles that producers have played in Hollywood, from the dawn of the twentieth century to the present day. It introduces readers to the colorful figures who helped to define and reimagine the producer's role, including inventors like Thomas Edison, entrepreneurs like Walt Disney, and mavericks like Roger Corman. Along the way, we get an illuminating picture of the creative, managerial, and financial decisions that producers make.
Review Quotes: "This addition to the 'Behind the Silver Screen' series brings together seven film scholars whose deft use of history and narrative reveal practical realities behind the amorphous, enigmatic role of the film producer in the US."-- "CHOICE"