Cynical news hounds, grumbling editors, snooping television newscasters, inquisitive foreign correspondents, probing newsreel cameramen, and a host of others—all can be found in this reference work to Hollywood’s version of journalism: from the early one-reelers to modern fare, over a thousand silent and sound films can be found. Each entry includes title, date of release, distributor, director, screenwriter, and major cast members. These credits are followed by a brief plot summary and analysis, cross-references and other information. The book is arranged alphabetically, and includes a preface, introduction, bibliography, a list of abbreviations, appendices, and an index of names. The detailed introduction covers an historical survey of the topic, with numerous film examples. The work also includes a selection of stills from various films.

Flushing, New York’s Larry Langman has been an instructor of film history and English for over twenty years. He has written more than a dozen books on film.

Larry Langman
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 341
Bibliographic Info: 11 photos, appendices, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2009 [1998]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-4091-7
eISBN: 978-1-4766-0925-6
Imprint: McFarland

Preface      ix
Introduction      1
Abbreviations      15
THE FILMS      17
Appendix A: Newspaper Film Series      293
Appendix B: Newspaper Film Serials      294
Appendix C: Peripheral Newspaper Films      295
Bibliography      299
Index of Names      301

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