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Reprints the insightful contributions of more than fifty screenwriters, directors, producers, historians, and critics on diverse films from the earliest years of the film industry through the 1970s.

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In addition to pieces by neglected critics he has also included firsthand accounts by filmmakers and distributors....Equally important is his rescue from obscurity of essays with a social, if not specifically political angle....Recommended... * CHOICE *
A scholarly and important collection... * Film Review Annual *
As a celebration of artistic and intellectual aspiration in the face of perennial injustice, this book deserves a place in all serious film book collections. * Library Journal *

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      Publisher: Scarecrow Press
      Publication Date: 01/12/1992
      ISBN13: 9780810824423, 978-0810824423
      ISBN10: 0810824426

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Reprints the insightful contributions of more than fifty screenwriters, directors, producers, historians, and critics on diverse films from the earliest years of the film industry through the 1970s.

      Trade Review
      In addition to pieces by neglected critics he has also included firsthand accounts by filmmakers and distributors....Equally important is his rescue from obscurity of essays with a social, if not specifically political angle....Recommended... * CHOICE *
      A scholarly and important collection... * Film Review Annual *
      As a celebration of artistic and intellectual aspiration in the face of perennial injustice, this book deserves a place in all serious film book collections. * Library Journal *

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