Tino Balio is emeritus professor of film studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He is author of Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise and editor of The American Film Industry, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press
"A major contribution to film historical scholarship. Balio charts
the fascinating careers of foreign films in the American market,
complete with comprehensive details of their marketing, box-office
success or failure, and reception by critics."--Sarah Street,
author of Transatlantic Crossings: British Feature Films in the
USA
"A remarkable resource of information, strengthening our
understanding of art films as industrial products existing within
an economic context and the significant impact they had on the
mainstream U.S. industry."--Film Quarterly
"Balio revisits the most exciting period in the history of world
cinema, reminding us how movies suddenly, briefly became a vital
force in modern intellectual life."--Richard B. Jewell, author of
The Golden Age of Cinema: Hollywood, 1929-1945
"For movie buffs, this is an indispensable and deeply fascinating
book."--Booklist
"A major contribution to film historical scholarship. Balio
charts the fascinating careers of foreign films in the American
market, complete with comprehensive details of their marketing,
box-office success or failure, and reception by critics."--Sarah
Street, author of Transatlantic Crossings: British Feature Films
in the USA
"A remarkable resource of information, strengthening our
understanding of art films as industrial products existing within
an economic context and the significant impact they had on the
mainstream U.S. industry."--Film Quarterly
"Balio revisits the most exciting period in the history of
world cinema, reminding us how movies suddenly, briefly became a
vital force in modern intellectual life."--Richard B. Jewell,
author of The Golden Age of Cinema: Hollywood,
1929-1945
"For movie buffs, this is an indispensable and deeply fascinating book."--Booklist
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