The Best of Rob Wagner's Script - Hardcover

Slide, Anthony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810818108 ISBN 13: 9780810818101

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 1985

Synopsis

Rob Wagner's Script was a small, intellectual magazine―perhaps best described as a lesser, West Coast version of The New Yorker―published in Beverly Hills from 1929 to 1947. It was notable for the quality of its articles and essays and the celebrity status of many of its contributors. This anthology gathers together the best of the journal, including short stories by Charles Chaplin, profiles by Jim Tully and Dalton Trumbo, poetry by Jessamyn West, and articles by Upton Sinclair, Agnes de Mille, Sigmund Romberg, Eddie Cantor, and Ben Hecht. Of particular interest are some of the earliest writings of William Saroyan, Louis L'Amour, and Ray Bradbury.

About this title

About the Author

Slide has published over fifty pioneering works on film history, among them the first volumes dealing exclusively with early American cinema, the Vitagraph Company, and film preservation. In 1990, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters.

Review

A fascinating collection from one of the West Coast's toniest magazines... (Kevin Turan, California)

An intriguing anthology... (Film Quarterly)

... Valuable reprints.... All libraries ought to own both books [with Slide's Filmfront]. (Communication Booknotes Quarterly)

Various specialists will find their way to this sampling and then to the rare source behind it... (American Literature)

... Highly recommended for good reading... (John Gallagher, Video Airwaves, Manhatten Cable)

Edition details

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0810818108
• ISBN 13: 9780810818101
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 183