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The 1931-1940: American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States

The 1931-1940: American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States
Synopsis
"The entire field of film historians awaits the AFI volumes with eagerness."--Eileen Bowser, Museum of Modern Art Film Department Comments on previous volumes: "The source of last resort for finding socially valuable . . . films that received such scant attention that they seem 'lost' until discovered in the AFI Catalog."--Thomas Cripps "Endlessly absorbing as an excursion into cultural history and national memory."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
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Edition
The 1931-1940: American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United StatesUnknown, 1993
1198 pages
Univ of California PressLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9780520079083