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FILM AND VIDEO DIRECTORS

PUBLISHER
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 7.5 x 10.25 in. / 36 pgs / 2 bw

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Out of print

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: FALL 2002

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9780870706844 TRADE
List Price: $13.95 CAD $15.00

AVAILABILITY
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THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK

Douglas Fairbanks

The Making of a Screen Character

Essay by Alistair Cooke.

This now classic portrait of Douglas Fairbanks--the swashbuckling original King of Hollywood--was first published in 1940. Long out of print and hard to find, Alistair Cooke's posthumous biography was the first serious consideration of the career of the great silent screen star and husband of America's sweetheart, Mary Pickford. Reissued here in a facsimile edition, The Making of a Screen Character treats, step by step, the course of Fairbanks' career, and sheds light on the mysterious ingredients of screen popularity and on the history of motion pictures generally.
Douglas Fairbanks

STATUS: Out of print | 12/19/2005

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