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Beyond Hollywood's Grasp
Harry Waldman
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Description for Beyond Hollywood's Grasp
Hardback. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
Between 1914 and 1945, many Hollywood fixtures ventured outside America to make films. This group ranged from directors such as Rex Ingram, Josef von Sternberg, and Orson Welles, to stars such as Erich von Stroheim, Louise Brooks, Dorothy Gish, and Buster Keaton, among others. During WWII, even Alfred Hitchcock produced two French language films in Britain, Aventure Malgache and Bon Voyage. As a group they produced more than 200 films in 30 years. But out of sight, many of these films were quickly forgotten, or worse, ignored back home. Here for the first time is the story of these many ... Read more
Between 1914 and 1945, many Hollywood fixtures ventured outside America to make films. This group ranged from directors such as Rex Ingram, Josef von Sternberg, and Orson Welles, to stars such as Erich von Stroheim, Louise Brooks, Dorothy Gish, and Buster Keaton, among others. During WWII, even Alfred Hitchcock produced two French language films in Britain, Aventure Malgache and Bon Voyage. As a group they produced more than 200 films in 30 years. But out of sight, many of these films were quickly forgotten, or worse, ignored back home. Here for the first time is the story of these many ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810828414
SKU
V9780810828414
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Ref
99-15
About Harry Waldman
Harry Waldman is the author of several books, including Paramount in Paris (1991) and Hollywood and the Foreign Touch: A Dictionary of Foreign Filmmakers and Their Films from America, 1910-1995 (1996), both published by Scarecrow.
Reviews for Beyond Hollywood's Grasp
...filled with tidbits of information...notes on sources... should assist film scholars.
CHOICE
...fills a lot of nooks and crannies.... illustrations are excellent and the index is good. Chalk up another one for Tony Slide's excellent Filmmakers Series.
Movie Collector's World
CHOICE
...fills a lot of nooks and crannies.... illustrations are excellent and the index is good. Chalk up another one for Tony Slide's excellent Filmmakers Series.
Movie Collector's World