(Paperback, 1st ed. 2015)

Since the earliest days of cinema the law has influenced the conditions in which Hollywood films are made, sold, circulated or presented from the talent contracts that enable a film to go into production, to the copyright laws that govern its distribution and the censorship laws that may block exhibition.

Since the earliest days of cinema the law has influenced the conditions in which Hollywood films are made, sold, circulated or presented from the talent contracts that enable a film to go into production, to the copyright laws that govern its distribution and the censorship laws that may block exhibition.