American Film: Journal of the Film and Television Arts [magazine] (April 1978) [cover: Houdini]

Washington DC: The American Film Institute. Near Fine. 1978. (Vol. III, No. 6). Periodical. [nice clean copy, with just light handling wear, slight bump at top of spine; no marks of any kind, no subscription label]. (B&W/color photographs) The cover story, "The Magician and the Movies" by Erik Barnouw, discusses how old-time magicians "created moving images [and] prepared audiences for the magic of movies." Other feature articles include: "Producers and Publishers: The Book Brothers," about the various linkages (artistic and commercial) between books and movies; "Growing Up with Gloria Jean," a reminiscence by critic Andrew Sarris about "the days when going to the movies was an outing with the family"; a profile of Joseph L. Mankiewicz; an article about the then-current rash of West German films about the Third Reich. The "Dialogue on Film" is with producer/director Sydney Pollack. .