Best Of Rob Wagners Script

Slide, Anthony. Ed(s): Slide, Anthony

ISBN 10: 0810818108 / ISBN 13: 9780810818101

Published by Scarecrow Press, 1985

About this Item

"An intriguing anthology." -FILM QUARTERLY Editor(s): Slide, Anthony. Num Pages: 183 pages, Illustrations, plans, transparencies, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358. . 1985. Hardback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780810818101

Bibliographic Details

Title: Best Of Rob Wagners Script

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Publication Date: 1985

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

About this title

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 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.