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50 classic motion pictures, the stuff that dreams are made of / by David Zinman.
Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.U6 Z46 1970
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zinman, David (David H.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- United States.
- Motion pictures--Plots, themes, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- v pages, 3 unnumbered pages 311 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Other Title:
- Fifty classic motion pictures
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crown Publishers, [1970]
- Contents:
- I. Grand Dames
- Mae West: She done him wrong
- Greta Garbo: Ninotchka
- Marlene Dietrich: Destry rides again
- Bette Davis: The letter
- Jean Harlow: Dinner at eight
- II. Heroes and he-men
- Humphrey Bogart: The Maltese falcon
- Clark Gable: San Francisco
- Gary Cooper: Mr. Deeds goes to town
- James Stewart: Mr. Smith goes to Washington
- Spencer Tracy: Captains courageous
- James Cagney: The public enemy
- Fred Astaire: Top hat
- III. Adventure
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- She
- Beau Geste
- Lost horizon
- Viva Villa
- - Flash Gordon
- The hurricane
- IV. Funny men
- W.C. Fields: The bank dick
- The Marx brothers: A night at the opera
- Laurel and Hardy: Way out west
- Charlie Chaplin: City lights
- V. Life styles
- Gone with the wind
- How green was my valley
- The good earth
- Mayerling
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- VI. Monsters
- King Kong
- Dracula
- Frankenstein
- VII. We the people
- The grapes of wrath
- The ox-bow incident
- All quiet on the western front
- All the king's men
- I am a fugitive from a chain gang
- VIII. Directors
- Alfred Hitchcock: The 39 steps
- Frank Capra: Meet John Doe
- Preston Sturges: Hail the conquering hero
- Orson Welles: Citizen Kane
- Busby Berkeley: 42nd street
- IX. The love game
- It happened one night
- Grand hotel
- Death takes a holiday
- Maytime
- X. Intrigue
- Casablanca
- Nightmare alley
- The informer
- The third man
- Charlie Chan at the opera
- Selected bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 304).
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- OCLC:
- 90272
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