Big Screen Country
Language: English
Published by Fifth House, Calgary, 2004
- First Edition
- Signed
- Softcover
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SUBTITLED : `Making Movies in Alberta'. When the author of these 246 pages was made provincial film commissioner, he was on his way to the title : `Father of Alberta's film industry'. LEARN more about : Larry Matanski, Srephen William Garber, nose-wheel, Kadokawa, Heaven and Earth, Morley, Montreal, Ruby Silver, stage employees, and Camp Wainwright. INDEX at back. Lots of b/w photographs - mostly from movie sets. Gift inscription (lengthy) from the author on title page. Newspaper clipping laid in, photo tipped in. Cond ; Paper wrapper is red with black (and white) lettering. Cover photo is of an explosion scene from a movie. Volume in all SENSES clean and bright, crisp and collectible ! ! QUote (p. 89) : " Bob Altman, after an exhausting day, found several hundred baby chickens had been turned loose in his motorhome. It was evident they had been there for some time. There is no record of Altman's retaliation. I suspect ._._._. . " Size: 8vo.
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- Title
- Big Screen Country
- Author
- Marsden, Bill
- Publisher
- Fifth House, Calgary
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1894856473
- ISBN 13
- 9781894856478
- Illustrator
- B/W Photographs
- Edition
- First American.
Big Screen Country is a memoir and a revealing account of the development of Alberta's vibrant film industry through the eyes of Bill Marsden, affectionately known as the "Father of the Alberta Film Industry".
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About the Author
Bill Marsden, a native of Wetaskiwin, Alberta, was originally a stills photographer. He went on to become an expert in all aspects of the Motion Picture business. A talented cameraman and skilled producer, Marsden has more than one hundred production credits to his name.
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