Backstory 3 : Interviews with Screenwriters of The 60s by Patrick. McGilligan (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Book is in like new condition. Backstory 3: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 60s" by Patrick McGilligan is a textbook published by the University of California Press in 1997. This trade paperback book explores the subject area of performing arts, specifically focusing on film and screenwriting.

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PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520204271
ISBN-139780520204270
eBay Product ID (ePID)822454

Product Key Features

Number of Pages418 Pages
Publication NameBackstory 3 : Interviews with Screenwriters of the 60s
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
SubjectFilm / General, Film / Screenwriting
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPerforming Arts
AuthorPatrick. Mcgilligan
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight22.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN96-044753
IllustratedYes
SynopsisThe Backstory series of unique "oral histories" chronicles the lives and careers of notable Hollywood screenwriters--in their own words. Backstory: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age focused on the early sound era and the 1930s. Backstory 2 featured Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s. Backstory 3 takes up the history of American screenwriting in the 1960s, through the experiences of fourteen key scenarists. These lively interviews, conducted by Pat McGilligan and others, feature Jay Presson Allen, George Axelrod, Walter Bernstein, Horton Foote, Walon Green, Charles B. Griffith, John Michael Hayes, Ring Lardner Jr., Wendell Mayes, Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., Arnold Schulman, Stirling Silliphant, and Terry Southern. The series has proven useful and edifying for film students, scholars, and historians, for screenwriters and other professionals, and for film buffs in general. Applauded by reviewers and named among the "100 essential film books" by a Los Angeles Times-appointed panel, it is cited often and quoted in many film histories., The Backstory series of unique "oral histories" chronicles the lives and careers of notable Hollywood screenwriters--in their own words. Backstory: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age focused on the early sound era and the 1930s. Backstory 2 featured Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s. Backstory 3 takes up the history of American screenwriting in the 1960s, through the experiences of fourteen key scenarists. These lively interviews, conducted by Pat McGilligan and others, feature Jay Presson Allen, George Axelrod, Walter Bernstein, Horton Foote, Walon Green, Charles B. Griffith, John Michael Hayes, Ring Lardner Jr., Wendell Mayes, Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., Arnold Schulman, Stirling Silliphant, and Terry Southern. The series has proven useful and edifying for film students, scholars, and historians, for screenwriters and other professionals, and for film buffs in general. Applauded by reviewers and named among the "100 essential film books" by a Los Angeles Times -appointed panel, it is cited often and quoted in many film histories.
LC Classification NumberPN1998.2.B34 1997

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