Through autobiographical writings and the appraisals of contemporaries and more recent historians, provides the reader with a background for understanding how Thomas Ince, William S. Hart, D.W. Griffith, and Erich von Stroheim did their work. Also reveals some of the conflicts in critical views about them, past and present. Paper edition (unseen), $15.00. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Richard Dyer MacCann was Hollywood correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor and editor of Cinema Journal. He is the author of forty published articles and eight books, including Hollywood in Transition, and Film: A Montage of Theories. He has produced a number of works on film and videotape, including a series of 12 half-hour illustrated lectures coordinating with the titles of the book in this series.
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