The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States

The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States
Author: American Film Institute
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 962
Release: 1997
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780520209695

After more than fifteen years, this initial volume of the American Film Institute Catalog series is again in print. The 1920s set covers the important filmmaking period when "movies" became "talkies," and the careers of many influential directors and actors were launched. Films such as Wings, The Phantom of the Opera, All Quiet on the Western Front, and The Jazz Singer are included in this volume.

Hollywood's World War I

Hollywood's World War I
Author: Peter C. Rollins
Publisher: Popular Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1997
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

Contributions study feature films and documentaries, tracing America's changing attitudes toward the Great War. Works considered include The Training of Colored Troops (1918), Hearts of the World (1918), What Price Glory (1926), The Big Parade (1925), All Quiet on the Western Front and Hell's Angels (1930), The Fighting 69th (1940), Sergeant York (1941), and the eight-part series titled "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century," broadcast during the fall of 1996. A World War I filmography concludes the work. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Industrial Series

Industrial Series
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 206
Release: 1941
Genre: Industries
ISBN: