Acknowledgments Contributors 1 Introduction PART 1: THE PREWAR ERA 2 The Motion Picture Industry in 1940-1941 3 The Hollywood Studio System in 1940-1941 DUALS, B's, AND THE INDUSTRY DISCOURSE ABOUT ITs AUDIENCE 4 Prewar Stars, Genres, and Production Trends PART 2: THE WAR ERA 5 The Motion Picture Industry During World War II 6 The Hollywood Studio System, 1942-1945 SELLING MILDRED PIERCE: A CASE STUDY Mary Beth Haralovich 7 Wartime Stars, Genres, and Production Trends 8 Regulating the Screen: The Office of War Information and the Production Code Administration Clayton R. Koppes PART 3: THE POST\VAR ERA 9 The Postwar Motion Picture Industry SAG, HUAC, AND POSTWAR HOLLYWOOD Gorham Kindem 10 The Hollywood Studio System, 1946-1949 11 Postwar Stars, Genres, and Production Trends PART 4: ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENTS 12 Docurnenting the 1940s Thomas Doherty 13 Television and Hollywood in the 1940s Christopher Anderson 14 Experimental and Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1940s Lauren Rabinovitz Appendix 1 Total Number of Theaters in the United States, 1940-1950 Appendix 2 Average Weekly Attendance in the United States, 1940-1950 Appendix 3 Number of Feature Films Released in the United States, 1940-1949 Appendix 4 Major Studio Revenues and Profits, 1940-1949 Appendix 5 Top Box-Office Pictures, 1940-1949 Appendix 6 Exhibitors' Poll of Top Ten Box-Office Stars, 1940-1949 Appendix 7 Major Academy Awards, 1940-1949 Appendix 8 National Board of Review, 1940-1949 Bibliography General Index Index of Films.