America In The Movies - Hardcover

Wood, Frances

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465000967 ISBN 13: 9780465000968

Publisher: Basic Books, 1975

Synopsis

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 206 pages; Description: xi, 206 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes index. Subjects: Motion pictures --California --Los Angeles --History. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif. ) --History.

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Review:

"An almost unheard of combination of virtues for a movie book -- lucid, well-informed, and obviously written in high spirits -- and anyone interested in the subject will want to look at it for himself." -- New York Times Book Review

"An almost unheard of combination of virtues for a movie book -- lucid, well-informed, and obviously written in high spirits -- and anyone interested in the subject will want to look at it for himself." -- New York Times Book Review

From the Back Cover:

'America in the Movies is a brilliant romp through the fertile field of Hollywood's vision of America in the 1940s and 50s. With geniality and insight, Michael Wood exposes the tangle of fantasy and reality in the waning days of the studio system.' -- Leo Braudy, University of Southern California

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0465000967
• ISBN 13: 9780465000968
• Binding: Hardcover