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Lady in the dark : Iris Barry and the art of film / Robert Sitton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sitton, Robert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barry, Iris, 1895-1969.
- Barry, Iris.
- Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Film Library--Biography.
- Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.).
- Archivists--United States--Biography.
- Archivists.
- Film critics--England--Biography.
- Film critics.
- Motion picture film--Preservation--United States--History.
- Motion picture film.
- Motion picture film collections--United States--Archival resources.
- Motion picture film collections.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 475 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Early years
- "We enjoyed the war"
- "Dear Miss Barry"
- The other Bloomsbury
- Life with Lewis
- Children
- Alan Porter
- The spectator
- Splashing into film society
- Cinema paragons, Hollywood and Lady Mary
- Let's go to the pictures
- Victory and defeat
- America
- The Askew Salon
- Museum men
- Remarriage
- Settling in
- Cracking Hollywood
- Art high and low
- On to Europe
- Going public
- The slow martyrdom of Alfred Barr
- Meanwhile, back at the library
- New work, old acquaintances
- "The master" and his minions
- Temora Farm
- The museum enlists
- Mr. Rockefeller's office
- L'affair Bunuel
- The other library
- Divorce
- Postwar blues
- Abbott's fall
- Hospital
- Departure
- La Bonne Font
- Things past
- The Austin house
- Readjustments
- New York and London
- Final breaks
- The end.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-457) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780231537148 (electronic bk.)
- 023153714X (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99990953840
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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