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This presentation examines the forces that made Hollywood the giant of global filmmaking and the special nature of its achievements during its Golden Age, including discussions of studio politics and economics, the star system, and the nature of the moviegoing experience. Rose analyzes why this period was so short-lived and Hollywood’s desperate attempts to recapture its faded glory.
Brian Rose is a professor emeritus at Fordham University, where he taught for 38 years in the Department of Communication and Media Studies. He has written several books on television history and cultural programming and conducted more than a hundred Q&A’s with leading directors, actors, and writers for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Directors Guild of America.