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Title:

American cinema [videorecording] / the New York Center for Visual History in co-production with KCET and the BBC ; the CBS/Fox Company.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

FoxVideo distributor,

Copyright Date:

c1995

Description:

5 videocassettes (ca. 120 min. each) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Motion pictures--United States--History.
Motion picture industry--United States--History.
Motion pictures--Social aspects.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States.
Films for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Lithgow, John, 1945-
Pikethly, Lawrence.
New York Center for Visual History.
KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Annenberg/CPB Project.
National Endowment for the Arts.
National Endowment for the Humanities.
CBS Fox Video.

Other Titles:

Hollywood style.
Star.
Romantic comedy.
Film noir.
Western.
Combat film.
Studio system.
Film in the television age.
Film school generation.
Edge of Hollywood.

Notes:

Recorded in hi-fi. Major funding by The Annenberg/CPB Project, The National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Host: John Lithgow. Videocassette release and repackaging of the 1994 television production. Catalog no. 8238 (set) ; 8233--8237, vols. 1-5.

Contents:

v. 1 : The Hollywood style ; The star -- v. 2 : Romantic comedy ; Film noir -- v. 3 : The western ; The combat film -- v. 4 : The studio system ; Film in the television age -- v. 5 : The film school generation ; The edge of Hollywood.

Summary:

An epic analysis of the American motion picture industry that combines rare archival film, key scenes from immortal movies, interviews with leading filmmakers and commentary from noted film scholars and critics.

ISBN:

9780793982387 (set)
0793982383 (set)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)32154255

Locations:

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)