The C.A. Lejeune Film Reader
- ISBN-10
- 0856359114
- ISBN-13
- 9780856359118
- Category
- Film criticism
- Pages
- 365
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Author
- Caroline Alice Lejeune
Description
Collected criticism of one of the first and best loved film critics spanning silent movies to sixties monsters. Including Hitchock, Korda and indispensable for students of British Cinema.
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