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Compiled
by
Mary
Davies,
Janice
Anderson
and
Peter
Arnold
Super-colossal
productions
ries
to
stars
.
.
.
.
.
fabulous
sala-
casts
of thou-
.
scandals
.
.
.
sands
to
be
.
.
.
the
film
industry
has
always
sought
bigger
in
and
it
better
than
life
itself
And,
has
affected
all
our
lives.
Where
is
the
man
who
never
heard
of
Bing
Crosby,
and
how
long
must
Garbo
be
alone
before
we
forget
her?
fifty
years
after
his
truth,
death,
Valentino
still
has
his
fan
club.
This
book
looks
at
the
eighty
years
of
the
industry,
and
pinpoints
the
landmarks
in
the
history
of
the
film.
The
great
films
and
stars
are
here
in
words
and
pictures
Kelly
singing
in
:
the
rain.
John
Wayne
slaughtering
Indians,
Gable
and
Leigh
in
Gone
With
the
Wind,
Bogart,
Edward
G.
and
Cagney
dodging
the
limousines
and
the
bullets,
Errol
Flynn
winning
the
war
in
the
sky.
gravity,
King
Kong
plucking
Buster
Keaton
defying
aircraft
from
the
Pacific.
But
Hollywood
is
not
the
whole
of
the
story.
Sweden,
Italy,
France,
India,
Japan,
Russia,
Great
Britain
and
other
countries
have
had
flourishing
industries,
and
earn
their
place
in
the
book.
Directors
are
as
im-
portant
as
their
stars,
and
the
characteristics
of
work
are
considered.
Documentaries,
animation,
the
underground,
the
avant-
garde
and
censorship
are
other
topics
dis-
cussed.
'A
Pictorial
History
of.
the
Movies'
re-
all
the
excitement
and
glamour
that
has
been
the
hallmark
of
films
since
they
first
captured
the
imagination
of
the
world.
A
second
colour
throughout
the
text,
together
with
the
90
colour
and
200
black
and
white
pictures,
makes
the
book
a
worthy
comple-
creates
ment
to
the
industry
it
celebrates.
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