Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood
- ISBN-10
- 0801884365
- ISBN-13
- 9780801884368
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 291
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-10-10
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Authors
- Karen Ward Mahar, Karen Wood Mahar
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