The American Cinema: Directors and Directions, 1929-1968
- ISBN-10
- 0525472274
- ISBN-13
- 9780525472278
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Pages
- 383
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1968
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Author
- Andrew Sarris
Description
Profiles of American film directors are given and their influence on the art is discussed
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- 1996-08-22
- 392 pages
- Paperback
- Da Capo Press
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