America in the movies, or, "Santa Maria, it had slipped my mind" /

Wood, Michael, 1936-

America in the movies, or, "Santa Maria, it had slipped my mind" / Michael Wood. - Morningside ed. - New York : Columbia University Press, 1989. - xxi, 206 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Reprint, with new preface. Originally published: New York : Basic Books, 1975. Includes index.

"An almost unheard of combination of virtues for a movie book -- lucid, well-informed, and obviously written in high spirits -- and anyone interested in the subject will want to look at it for himself." -- New York Times Book Review "An almost unheard of combination of virtues for a movie book -- lucid, well-informed, and obviously written in high spirits -- and anyone interested in the subject will want to look at it for himself." -- New York Times Book Review

0231070985 (alk. paper) 0231070993 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780231070997


Motion pictures--History.--California--Los Angeles


Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History.
United States--In motion pictures.

PN 1993.5 / W873a 1989

791.43