[some edgewear along spine and along right edge of front cover, modest surface wear and minor fingertip-creasing]. (B&W photographs) The primary feature of this issue is a long (14 pages) interview with director Don Siegel, conducted by Peter Bogdanovich, plus a 3-page filmography. Also: "Forced to Be Free, or Doing Business in a Great Art," by V.F. Perkins, on the then-current state of the British film industry; Films reviewed or discussed at length are: I LOVE YOU LOVE (a co-production of the Swedish Film Institute), Ingmar Bergman's PERSONA, John Huston's REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE, L... View More...
[moderate external wear, some fingertip creasing to front cover, internally clean and unmarked]. (B&W photographs) About half this issue is devoted to director Richard Brooks, whose film LORD JIM was then in release, including a longish interview in which he discusses his career film-by-film. The additional Brooks-related pieces are: "Conservative Idealist" by Paul Mayersberg; "Two Christian Films" (about THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV and ELMER GANTRY) by Raymond Durgnat; Brooks' own "Foreword to Lord Jim"; and a filmography. Other articles include: "The Universal Hitchcock" (a discussion of THE BI... View More...
[nice clean copy, very minor handling wear]. (B&W/color photographs) Two-part coverage of GHOST STORY: articles on the novels of Peter Straub, and on the making of the film. Other featured films (production articles with emphasis on special effects): QUEST FOR FIRE; THE THING (the John Carpenter remake); HEARTBEEPS. (Additional content information available upon request.) View More...
[some scuffing/rubbing to covers, moderate to heavy wear along spine (spine staples still holding firm)]. (B&W photographs) A special issue devoted to screenwriters, this was essentially the editor's opening salvo in his crusade to provide a corrective to the so-called "auteur theory," which exalted the director as the primary filmic creator, and which had taken firm hold in American film criticism during the 1960s thanks largely to the writings of Andrew Sarris. Corliss takes on Sarris and the auteurists directly in his introductory essay, while at the same time tweaking their noses... View More...
[light external wear only]. (color and B&W photographs) Includes: an article about how "an ancient artifact -- aided by Cannom Creations makeup and effects from Industrial Light & Magic and Dream Quest Images -- turned actor Jim Carrey into a manic cartoon in THE MASK"; an article about the makeup and special visual effects of Kenneth Branagh's film MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN; an article about the special digital effects employed in Robert Zemeckis's FORREST GUMP; an article about the production of the Rolling Stones video "Love is Strong"; an article by Don Shay, "The Ret... View More...
[nice copy, binding fully intact, some uneven fading to rear cover]. Early issue of the one of the earlier American academic film journals, "published under the joint sponsorship of the University of California and the Hollywood Writers Mobilization," the latter represented on the editorial board by John Howard Lawson. Feature articles in this issue: "Early Film Production in England" by Georges Sadoul; "Acting and Behaving" by Alexander Knox; "They Stopped at Nothing" by John Elliot Williams (about the history and practice of movie advertising); "Advanced ... View More...
[light overall wear, minor soiling to rear cover, mailing label on front cover]. (B&W/color photographs) The cover is of Bette Davis in "hippie" garb, seated on a motorcycle, as she appeared in BUNNY O'HARE; Part One of the article on Davis is in this issue (continued in next). Other articles include: profiles of Michael Sarrazin, Shelley Duvall, and Donald Sutherland; an article on Rudolf Nureyev and the Australian Ballet; an article on the making of THE SKI BUM (based on the Romain Gary novel); an article on the Broadway revival of " No, No, Nanette" (staged by Busby Berkel... View More...
[moderate wear along spine, mailing label on front cover, very light soiling to rear cover]. (B&W/color photographs) Profiles of Karen Black, Jack Nicholson, and Shirley MacLaine; Part Two of the Bette Davis article (begun in previous issue); an article on the making of Sergei Bondarchuk's NAPOLEON; an article on the making of DUSTY AND SWEETS McGEE; an article on GLEN AND RANDA and director Jim McBride; pictorial feature, "The Girls of THE LOVE MACHINE," with some extremely discreet semi-nudity; film reviews. View More...
[light surface wear to covers, tiny tear at bottom of spine (B&W photographs) In this issue: career articles on Judith Anderson, Marcel Pagnol, and Tex Ritter; "A New Lon Chaney Index" (filmography); a brief rundown of Alain Delon's career (in the "Films on TV" column); a discussion of the last film score of composer Alfred Newman (for AIRPORT). New films reviewed include FELLINI SATYRICON, AIRPORT and WOMEN IN LOVE. ***We have many other issues of this publication and other film magazines, and welcome your inquiries.*** View More...
[modest external wear, mostly along spine]. (B&W photographs) Includes: career survey (essentially a long obituary) of Erich von Stroheim, by William K. Everson); "The Deaf and the Talkies," an article arguing that "the advent of sound destroyed an absorbing amusement for the deaf"); report on the 10th Karlovy Vary (Czechoslovakia) Film Festival; article, "The Genealogy of Zorro"; "The Movies and I," a brief memoir by Catherine Craig Preston, wife of Robert Preston. ***NOTE that we have many more issues of this title (and other film magazines) in stock, and welcome your inquiries. View More...
[a decent clean copy, with a bit of insect-nibbling along spine and top edge of front cover, slight overall wrinkling]. (B&W photographs) Includes: Ethel Barrymore obituary (brief career survey); article, "The Origins of United Artists," by Arthur L. Mayer; article about budgeting of film productions; survey of the career of composer Alfred Newman (with brief, titles-only filmography). ***NOTE that we have many more issues of this title (and other film magazines) in stock, and welcome your inquiries. View More...
[nice clean copy, light exterior wear, minor wrinkling]. (B&W photographs) Includes: Norma Shearer career survey (with filmography); article on film adaptations of works by George Bernard Shaw; report on the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. ***NOTE that we have many more issues of this title (and other film magazines) in stock, and welcome your inquiries. View More...
[middle of spine split (but cover still attached and no loose pages), subscription blank cut out of rear cover (no significant text affected)]. (B&W photographs) Articles re: Henry Fonda's most recent six years (updating an earlier article/filmography); Betty Compson (career survey with filmography); Edward G. Robinson (career survey with filmography). ***NOTE that we have many more issues of this title (and other film magazines) in stock, and welcome your inquiries. View More...
[light external handling wear, a touch of scuffing along left edge of front cover]. (B&W photographs) In this issue: career articles on Elizabeth Taylor, MGM shorts producer Pete Smith, and Katharine Hepburn (post-1957 only); a brief discussion (in the "Films on TV" column) of the career of actor Paul Stewart. The new-film reviews include several bona fide cinematic disasters: CATCH-22, DARLING LILI, and MYRA BRECKINRIDGE. (The latter is scored as "lower than any respectable studio has hitherto gone in chasing a buck," and the reviewer even felt compelled to include an aster... View More...
[moderately rubbed, light soiling, minor creasing to front cover]. (B&W photographs) Includes: Lillian Gish career survey (with filmography); survey of Harold Arlen's film music career (including filmography, listing individual songs written for each movie); Sophia Loren filmography (in letters section); coverage of the San Francisco International Film Festival. ***NOTE that we have many more issues of this title (and other film magazines) in stock, and welcome your inquiries. View More...
[nice clean copy, light scuffing to front cover]. (B&W photographs) Articles re: Spencer Tracy (career survey with filmography); Florence Bates (career survey with filmography); a festival of silent films held at a VFW Post near Boston. ***NOTE that we have many more issues of this title (and other film magazines) in stock, and welcome your inquiries. View More...
[moderate external wear, minor soiling to rear cover]. (B&W photographs) Includes: article by producer/director Hall Bartlett, "The Fighting Independent"; survey of the history of film musicals; "Film Editing" by William B. Murphy; career article on British documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings. ***NOTE that we have many more issues of this title (and other film magazines) in stock, and welcome your inquiries. View More...
[moderate external wear, mostly along spine]. (B&W photographs) Includes: "The Camerman" (Part 2) by George J. Mitchell; article, "The Cold War Against D.W. Griffith" by Seymour Stern (about the supposed campaign against Griffith's films by the American Communist Party); short career survey of Helen Hayes, with brief filmography (on the occasion of her "Golden Jubilee"). ***NOTE that we have many more issues of this title (and other film magazines) in stock, and welcome your inquiries. View More...
[moderate edgewear, minor wrinkle at bottom of rear cover, minor external soiling]. (B&W photographs) Includes: Carole Lombard career survey (with filmography): "Lincoln on the Screen" by Robert C. Roman. Films reviewed include THE MISFITS, which editor Hart found "very interesting, but for [the] wrong reasons. As a motion picture it is mediocre, being rather venally conceived [!], amateurishly written, and perfunctorily directed, photographed and edited. But, as a collection of assorted items of current film history, it is downright fascinating." He also opines that Maril... View More...
[good clean copy, some rubbing/scuffing to front cover, small surface-peel damage spot on rear cover]. (B&W photographs) Articles re: Kay Francis (career survey with filmography); German director G.W. Pabst (career survey with filmography); a TV "tribute" to Cecil B. DeMille; an international festival of experimental films held in Belgium. ("While some of the films reported on below had value, all too many had no value whatsoever, including those which propagandized for homosexuality and/or exploited the psychopathologies of beatniks.") ***NOTE that we have many more issues ... View More...