Anthony Slide

Gebundenes Buch

Magnificent Obsession: The Outrageous History of Film Buffs, Collectors, Scholars, and Fanatics

Beschreibung

Looks at the way film has dominated the minds and lives of film buffs, film collectors, film academics, and just plain fans of past movies. Based on the author's more than fifty years in the field and his personal, up-front knowledge of the subject, chapters provide unique documentation on film buffs who once created a livelihood from their hobby.

Autor

Anthony Slide, Studio City, California, is a provocative film scholar, historian, and writer who has authored or edited more than 250 books on the history of popular entertainment. Among his books are She Could Be Chaplin! The Comedic Brilliance of Alice Howell; Hollywood Unknowns: A History of Extras, Bit Players, and Stand-Ins; and Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine: A History of Star Makers, Fabricators, and Gossip Mongers, all published by University Press of Mississippi. He has received many awards and, as recently as 2016, The Guardian named ""It's the Pictures That Got Small"": Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the Best Books of the Year.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Mississippi
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 187mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 828g
• ISBN-13: 9781496810533
• ISBN-10: 1496810538
• Artikelnr.: 50010848