Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-284) and index.
1. Image Making: Managing the Expansion of the Motion Picture Industry -- 2. The Open Door: The Industry's Public Relations -- 3. Sound Effects: Technology and Adaptation -- 4. Sophisticated Responses and Displaced Persons: Content Regulation and the Studio Relations Committee -- 5. Why Is Mr. Brown Eating Spaghetti? Content Regulation and the Production Code Administration -- 6. Diplomatic Representations: Accommodating the Foreign Market -- 7. The Big Picture: The Politics of "Industry Policy"