American Film: Journal of the Film and Television Arts [magazine] (November 1975) [cover: Erich von Stroheim]

  • Periodical
  • Washington DC: The American Film Institute, 1975
By Alpert, Hollis, ed.
Washington DC: The American Film Institute. Very Good+. 1975. (Vol. I, No. 2). Periodical. NOISBN . [nice clean copy with moderate edgewear, minor bumping at corners; no marks of any kind, no subscription label]. (B&W/color photographs) Feature stories: "Who Was Harry Langdon?" (Walter Kerr); "Coppola, Inc." (Joseph McBride); "The Canadian Dilemma" (Bruce Cook; re identity problem of Canadian cinema); "The Rise and Fall of the Rock Film" (Thomas Wiener; part one, continued in next issue); "Family Portraits: Filmmakers Explore Their Roots" (Elisabeth Weis); "Film as Experience" (about Nicholas Ray's experiences as a teacher of film); an article by Michael Pointer about Sherlock Holmes in film, with special mention of the then-current film THE ADVENTURE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES' SMARTER BROTHER. The "Dialogue on Film" seminar interviewee is director Robert Wise. There is a book review (keyed to the cover image) of Herman G. Weinberg's "reconstruction" of von Stroheim's THE WEDDING MARCH, another book review by Budd Schulberg, and Larry McMurtry's regular column. .

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