The Velvet Light Trap (No. 6, Fall 1972): Sexual Politics and Film [cover: Ida Lupino]

Madison: Arizona Jim Co-Op. Very Good+. 1972. (No. 6). Periodical. [slight bump to base of spine, minor bend at top front corner, some abrasions to front cover]. (B&W photographs) Contents: "Czarina of the Silent Screen," an article by Gerald Peary on early filmmaker Alice Guy Blaché (including a reprint of a 1914 article by her, "Woman's Place in Photoplay Production"); "Joe, Where Are You?," an examination of Marlene Dietrich's aesthetic presence in the films of Josef von Sternberg; "Women at Work: Warners in the Thirties," by Elizabeth Dalton; analyses of MARKED WOMAN (1937), MILDRED PIERCE (1945), CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (1971), SUMMER OF '42 ( ) and KLUTE (), all from the perspective of the issue's theme; "A Festival of One's Own: Review of Women Directors"; "Feminist Criticism: what it is now; what it must become," by Michelle Citron; an article (incorporating an interview) on Wisconsin-based filmmaker Bob White; several pages of lengthy and thoughtful book reviews, including of books by or about Jonas Mekas, Samuel Fuller, Parker Tyler, Jean Vigo, Douglas Sirk, and Satyajit Ray. .