Focus on Film (No. 5, Winter (November-December) 1970) [cover: Douglas Fairbanks]

By: (Eyles, Allen, ed.)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, The Tantivy Press: 1970

Edition: (No. 5)

Seller ID: 8362

ISBN: NO

Condition: Very Good

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[moderate external wear, some creasing to front cover]. (B&W photographs) Major article on Douglas Fairbanks (Sr.) by DeWitt Bodeen; article, "The American B Film: A Fond Appreciation" by Don Miller; an interview ( including filmography) with humorist/screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart; reviews (with related filmographies) of MONTE WALSH (William A. Fraker) and THE RITE (Ingmar Bergman); a survey of the 50 best musical films available on 16mm. View more info

Focus on Film (No. 6, Spring 1971) [special John Ford section]

By: (Eyles, Allen, ed.)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, The Tantivy Press: 1971

Edition: (No. 6)

Seller ID: 8363

ISBN: NO

Condition: Very Good+

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[minor edgewear, mild creasing to front cover]. (B&W photographs) Special section about John Ford, in five parts: "Forgotten Ford" by William K. Everson; "Ford's Lost World" by Jeffrey Richards; "Ford in Person" (essentially a transcript of Ford's appearances at two different events at the University of Southern California); "Ford in Print" ( bibliography); "Ford on 16mm." This issue also contains an article on the career of director Ken Hughes; a retrospective review of THE FOUR FEATHERS (1929); reviews (with related filmographies) of LITTLE BIG MAN (... View more info

Focus on Film (No. 15, Summer 1973) [cover: Tatum O'Neal and Ryan O'Neal in PAPER MOON]

By: (Eyles, Allen, ed.)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, The Tantivy Press: 1973

Edition: (No. 15)

Seller ID: 8371

ISBN: NO

Condition: Very Good

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[mild wear at edges/corners, some creasing in front cover]. (B&W photographs) Feature articles (with filmographies) on Greta Garbo and John Carradine; retrospective reviews of THE WALKING DEAD (Michael Curtiz, 1936) and STRANGLER OF THE SWAMP (Frank Wisbar, 1946); reviews (with related filmographies) of PAPER MOON (Peter Bogdanovich), PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID (Sam Peckinpah), SOYLENT GREEN, THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (Fred Zinnemann) and AVANTI! (Billy Wilder). View more info

Focus on Film (No. 18, Summer 1974) [cover: Warren Oates in DILLINGER]

By: (Eyles, Allen, ed.)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, The Tantivy Press: 1974

Edition: (No. 18)

Seller ID: 8373

ISBN: NO

Condition: Very Good+

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[mild edgewear, some creasing at spine]. (B&W photographs) This issue's main feature is an extensive article/interview (with filmography) on director Walter Lang. Also: an interview (with filmography) with Maureen O'Sullivan; reviews of THE THREE MUSKETEERS (with a filmography of previous versions), THE LAST DETAIL (with Jack Nicholson filmography), MAME, DILLINGER (with a discussion of films based on Dillinger's life and exploits), LACOMBE LUCIEN (with Louis Malle bio- filmography), and THE CONVERSATION (with brief background notes on a number of the principals). View more info

Focus on Film (No. 12, Winter 1972) [cover: Robert Redford in JEREMIAH JOHNSON]

By: (Eyles, Allen, ed.)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, The Tantivy Press: 1972

Edition: (No. 12)

Seller ID: 21966

Condition: Very Good+

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[light surface wear to covers]. (B&W photographs) Feature article (with filmographies) on John Barrymore and Dolores Costello; an interview with Rene Clair; an interview with Robert Wise, on his early career at RKO; " On Location with Billy Wellman" by Louise Brooks (about the making of BEGGARS OF LIFE); reviews (with related filmographies) of EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX* (Woody Allen), JEREMIAH JOHNSON (Sydney Pollack), ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (William Sterling), LA RUPTURE ( Claude Chabrol) and DUEL (Steven Spielberg). View more info

Focus on Film (No. 14, Spring 1973) [cover: Peter Finch in BEQUEST TO THE NATION]

By: (Eyles, Allen, ed.)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, The Tantivy Press: 1973

Edition: (No. 14)

Seller ID: 21967

Condition: Very Good+

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[light surface wear to covers]. (B&W photographs) Feature articles (with filmographies) on Leo McCarey; interviews with Robert Wise (on his years at 20th Century-Fox) and Fred Zinnemann; an article on GREED (Erich von Stroheim); retrospective review of EASY LIVING (1949); reviews (with related filmographies) of THE EMIGRANTS, SLEUTH, BROTHER SUN SISTER MOON, PETE 'N' TILLIE, TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT (George Cukor), THE THIEF WHO CAME TO DINNER, BEQUEST TO THE NATION and SAVE THE TIGER. View more info

Focus on Film (No. 7, 1971) [special Henry Hathaway section]

By: (Eyles, Allen, ed.)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, The Tantivy Press: 1971

Edition: (No. 7)

Seller ID: 21964

Condition: Very Good+

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[minor edge- and surface-wear to covers]. (B&W photographs) Contents: a special section devoted to director Henry Hathaway, featuring an interview, an appreciation (by Kingsley Canham), and a filmography; an article on " Writing for the Movies" by Wendell Mayes; an article on director/writer Rowland Brown; a retrospective review of THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (co- directed by Robert Wise and Gunther Fritsch; produced by Val Lewton), including recollections of the film's screenwriter, DeWitt Bodeen; reviews (with related filmographies) of UNMAN, WITTERING AND ZIGO; A GUNFIGHT; THE HUNTI... View more info

Focus on Film (No. 4, September-October 1970) [cover: Alain Delon in LE SAMOURAI]

By: (Eyles, Allen, ed.)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, The Tantivy Press: 1970

Edition: (No. 4)

Seller ID: 17643

ISBN: NO

Condition: Very Good

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[some wear along spine, one small stain on rear cover]. (B&W photographs) The theme of the issue is "Films and History," with articles on CROMWELL ( Ken Hughes), Sergei Bondarchuk (with special reference to WATERLOO) and " Ronald Colman and the Cinema of Empire." Also includes reviews (with the usual accompanying filmographies of principals) of: LE SAMOURAI (Jean- Pierre Melville), EROTISSIMO (Gerard Pires), LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS (Cy Howard); plus a retrospective look at MIDNIGHT (Mitchell Leisen; screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder). Also: book reviews and ... View more info

Focus on Film (No. 10, Summer 1972) [cover: Liza Minnelli in CABARET]

By: (Eyles, Allen, ed.)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, The Tantivy Press: 1972

Edition: (No. 10)

Seller ID: 17646

ISBN: NO

Condition: Very Good

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[light wear along spine, minor rubbing to covers, faint vertical crease at top of front cover]. (B&W photographs) Feature articles (with filmographies) on Rita Hayworth, Sidney A. Franklin,and Susannah York; a retrospective review of TRADER HORN (1931); "Memoirs of a Film-Spent Youth" by William K. Everson; reviews (with related filmographies) of CABARET (Bob Fosse), THE RULING CLASS (Peter Medak), IMAGES (Robert Altman) and WHAT'S UP DOC? (Peter Bogdanovich). View more info

Focus on Film (No. 11, Autumn 1972) [cover: Marlon Brando in THE GODFATHER]

By: (Eyles, Allen, ed.)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, The Tantivy Press: 1972

Edition: (Issue 11)

Seller ID: 17647

ISBN: NO

Condition: Very Good+

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[light rubbing to covers, minor wear along spine]. (B&W photographs) Feature articles (with filmographies) on Alec Guinness and Per Lindberg; an interview with screenwriter Walter Newman; article, "New Words on Old Westerns" by Don Miller; reviews (with related filmographies) of THE GODFATHER (Francis Ford Coppola), ROMA (Federico Fellini), THE ASSASSINATION OF TROTSKY (Joseph Losey), DELIVERANCE (John Boorman) and THE OTHER (Robert Mulligan). View more info

Focus on Film (No. 3, May-August 1970) [cover: Lon Chaney]

By: (Eyles, Allen, ed.)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, The Tantivy Press: 1970

Edition: (No. 3)

Seller ID: 17649

ISBN: NO

Condition: Very Good

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[moderate external wear, light rubbing/soiling to covers]. (B&W photographs) Career articles (with filmographies) on Lon Chaney, Margaret Hamilton, and Suzanne Pleshette; reviews (with accompanying brief filmographies) of THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? (Sydney Pollack), THE MOLLY MAGUIRES (Martin Ritt); PATTON (Franklin J. Schaffner); COLONEL WOLODYJOWSKI (Jerzy Hoffman)RUE GRIT (Henry Hathaway) and MA NUIT CHEZ MAUD (Eric Rohmer); and a "Discovery" review of THE SLIPPERY PEARLS, a 1932 two-reel comedy produced in Hollywood by the Masquers Club. View more info

Focus on Film (No. 8, 1971) [cover: THE FRENCH CONNECTION]

By: (Eyles, Allen, ed.)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, The Tantivy Press: 1971

Edition: (No. 8)

Seller ID: 21965

Condition: Very Good

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[a bit of surface- and edge-wear to covers, light soiling to rear cover]. (B&W photographs) Feature articles (with filmographies) on Robert Donat, Oswald Morris, and Monica Vitti; "Actors and the Pabst Spirit" by Louise Brooks; a tribute to Fritz Rasp; reviews (with related filmographies) of THE FRENCH CONNECTION (William Friedkin), WHERE'S POPPA? (Carl Reiner), SHAFT (Gordon Parks), TRAFFIC (Jacques Tati), WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, THE RED BARON (Roger Corman, aka VON RICHTHOFEN AND BROWN) and THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN. View more info