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American Cinema
Balio, Tino. Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939. Oxford: Maxwell Macmillan, 1993. Hollywood enters the modern era.
Finler, Joel. The Hollywood Story. London: Pyramid, 1989; 1992. Thorough entertaining guide, with good bibliography.
Gomery, Douglas. Shared Pleasures: A History of Movie Presentation in the United States. London: BFI Publishing, 1992. Excellent study of the showing of films, with a good bibliography.
Roysten, Leo C. Hollywood: The Movie Colony, The Movie Makers. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1941. Guide to the place, the people, and the industry.
Salt, Barry. Film Style and Technology; History and Analysis. London: Starword, 1992. Specialized history, with a good bibliography.
Walker, Alexander. The Shattered Silents: How the Talkies Came to Stay. London: Harrap, 1986. Entertaining history of a major transition, by a leading film critic.

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