The whole equation : a history of Hollywood / David Thomson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomson, David, 1941-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles--History.

Motion picture industry.

California--Los Angeles.

History.

Motion pictures--California--Los Angeles--History.

Motion pictures.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x, 402 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (partly color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Manufacture:

Berryville, Virginia : Printed and bound by Berryville Graphics.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

Summary:

From D.W. Griffin to Chaplin, from Brando to Nicole Kidman, Thomson gives readers one of the wisest, most insightful, entertaining, and illuminating books ever written on American film--plus a much-needed one-volume history of Hollywood. 23 photos in text, 1 in full color.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-381) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0375400168 :

OCLC:

54966470