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Bio/Pics: How Hollywood Constructed Public History
by Custen, George Frederick
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0813517540
- ISBN 13
- 9780813517544
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About This Item
Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, raspberry cloth covered boards witj silver spine titles.304 pp. including index, references and notes. BRAND NEW BOOK. Generously illustrated throughout with movie stills in black and white. A socio-cultural history covering approximately 100 biographical movies to analyze how the Hollywood versions have shaped the public images and internal histories of the characters of historty that they portrayed. A beautiful copy. Tight and with very fresh cloth, sparkling silver spine titles and an interior that is bright white, unmarked, unblemished and unread. Flawless. AS NEW. BRAND NEW BOOK..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10103
- Title
- Bio/Pics: How Hollywood Constructed Public History
- Author
- Custen, George Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0813517540
- ISBN 13
- 9780813517544
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Place of Publication
- Piscataway, NJ
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- CUSTEN, FILM, HOLLYWOOD, MOVIE, MOVIES, CINEMA, CINEMATIC, CRITIC, CRITICAL, HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHICAL, FILMS, PUBLIC, HISTORY, GEORGE, RKO, WARNER, 20TH CENTURY FOX, STUDIO, RACE GENDER, FABRICATION, RECONSTRUCTION, STILLS, ILLUSTRATED, PHOTOGR
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
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About Brillig Books
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