Review of Marcus, Musical Metropolis: Los Angeles and the Creation of a Music Culture, 1880-1940

This chapter examines archived correspondence between the Los Angeles–based Goldwyn Studios and London’s Pinewood Studios during the creation of Fiddler on the Roof’s four-track sound design. Goldwyn’s sound team argued that Pinewood’s mixers were not capable of delivering a Hollywood-caliber soundtrack. In response, Pinewood accused Goldwyn of not adhering to the industry standards for stereo mixing. Taken together, these communications expose how competitive the postproduction sound industry was for premier Hollywood projects during the early 1970s. While this chapter is devoted to the analysis of the voices of the sound practitioners, the author argues that the correspondence regarding Fiddler’s soundtrack also reveals the aesthetic ideals of both Goldwyn and Pinewood at a time when the definition of a Hollywood film was in contention.

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‘They used Americana, all painted and polished, to make the enormous impression they did’: selling the Reagan revolution through the 1984 Olympic Games1

Sport and diplomacy ◽

10.7228/manchester/9781526131058.003.0013 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 223-242

Author(s):

Umberto Tulli

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Federal Government ◽

Reagan Administration ◽

Task Force ◽

The Political ◽

Security Measures ◽

White House ◽

The World ◽

The Creation

The chapter aims at investigating the role of the Reagan administration in organizing the Games. Contrary to previous understanding, which tend to dismiss federal government involvment in the organization of the Games, it will highlight the political and diplomatic actions undertaken by the Reagan administration to organize a perfect edition of the Olympics and to sell the world reaganism through the Los Angeles Games. Since the creation of an Olympic task force within the White House, the Los Angeles Games were perceived as a showcase on Ronald Reagan's America. The task force immediately concluded that the federal government would act behind the scenes, providing all the necessary security measures for the LAOOC and the Games, coordinating diplomatic actions and looking over consular practices. Tasks increased when the Soviets announced their boycott: the White House defined a clear damage-limiting strategy. In its conclusions, the chapter will discuss a sort of paradox: the Reagan administration was increasingly involved in the promotion of what it presented as a government-free edition of the Olympics.

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Opening Up the Archives

Boom A Journal of California ◽

10.1525/boom.2013.3.3.14 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 14-21

Author(s):

Sara V. Torres

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Historical Sources ◽

Joint Project ◽

Digital Platform ◽

The Past ◽

The Creation ◽

Opening Up

The Los Angeles Aqueduct Digital Platform—a joint project of UCLA Library and the Metabolic Studio—is working with other archival repositories to digitize, aggregate, and curate the documentary records of the aqueduct’s construction and history. The new digital platform coincides with the centennial of the aqueduct and makes these vital historical sources readily accessible to scholars, students, and citizens, facilitating the creation of new narratives about the past, present, and future of the aqueduct.

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