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Saved from oblivion : an autobiography / Bernard Vorhaus.
Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.V68 A3 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vorhaus, Bernard.
- Series:
- Filmmakers series ; no. 77.
- Filmmakers series ; 77
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vorhaus, Bernard.
- Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 158 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Before being black-listed in the McCarthy era, Bernard Vorhaus was one of the foremost silent film directors in America, working for studios such as Paramount and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This autobiography, replete with insight into the techniques and personas of early cinema, is an important as well as entertaining look at the early history of the medium that shaped the twentieth century.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Filmography: pages 143-149.
- ISBN:
- 0810838672
- OCLC:
- 44045755
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