Charles Drazin is an archival consultant for Film Finances Ltd. He previously taught at Queen Mary, University of London, and has published several books on film history, including In Search of The Third Man, Korda: Britain's Only Movie Mogul, and The Faber Book of French Cinema.
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Preface In the Beginning Swinging London Global Expansion Going Hollywood Indiewood Afterword Acknowledgments Notes Illustration Credits Index
"A richly illustrated and well evidenced narrative."-- "Journal of British Cinema and Television" "An enlightening resource for anyone interested in the film industry."-- "CHOICE Reviews" "A fascinating look behind the scenes at a company that would eventually insure some 8,000 films, including Dr. No and Slumdog Millionaire. . . . An extraordinary account."-- "Shepherd Express" "A very special and very unique contribution to the growing library of Cinematic History. . . . A fascinating historical study that will have a very special appeal to readers with an interest in how films are financed, Making Hollywood Happen: The Story of Film Finances provides an extraordinary wealth of informed and informative insights."-- "Midwest Book Review" "Reveals a whole new facet of the history of independent film financing. Case studies of such iconic independent films as The African Queen (1951), Tom Jones (1963), Cabaret (1972), Terminator (1984), and The Crying Game (1992) are the book's greatest strength."-- "Tino Balio, author of The Foreign Film Renaissance on American Screens, 1946-1973" "Through a painstaking examination of the corporate records of Film Finances, a leading motion picture finance company, Making Hollywood Happen achieves something very few books do: retell in a highly engaging manner the well-known history of American and British film production of the past 70 years from a completely novel perspective."--Yannis Tzioumakis, author of Acting Indie: Industry, Aesthetics and Performance