About the Author

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

Reviews

"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