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Hollywood destinies : European directors in America, 1922-1931

Title
Hollywood destinies : European directors in America, 1922-1931 / Graham Petrie.
Author
Petrie, Graham.
Publication
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2002], ©2002.

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Description
xv, 288 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Contemporary film and television series
Uniform Title
Contemporary film and television series.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-274) and indexes.
Contents
1. "The Ogre Who Proves to Be a Pigmy": The Reception of Foreign Films in America, 1920-1927 -- 2. "In the Lubitsch Manner" -- 3. F. W. Murnau: "The German Genius of the Films" -- 4. Victor Sjostrom: "The Greatest Director in the World" -- 5. Mauritz Stiller and Others: "They Are a Sad-Looking People, These Swedes" -- Conclusion: "The Conclusion Must Be Arrived At That It Is Not for Us" -- App. A. "Masters of the Motion Picture" / Matthew Josephson -- App. B. "Film Imagery: Seastrom" / Robert Herring.
ISBN
0814329586 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2001004771
OCLC
  • ocm47741915
  • SCSB-4232441
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries