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SCREEN CLASSICS Screen Classics is a series of critical biographies, film histories, and analytical studies focusing on neglected filmmakers and important screen artists and subjects, from the era of silent cinema to the golden age of Hollywood to the international generation of today. Books in the Screen Classics series are intended for scholars and general readers alike. The contributing authors are established figures in their respective fields. This series also serves the purpose of advancing scholarship on film personalities and themes with ties to Kentucky. SERIES EDITOR Patrick McGilligan BOOKS IN THE SERIES Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips Michael G. Ankerich Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film Ruth Barton Von Sternberg John Baxter The Marxist and the Movies: A Biography of Paul Jarrico Larry Ceplair Warren Oates: A Wild Life Susan Compo Jack Nicholson: The Early Years Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel Nick Dawson John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars Eve Golden Mamoulian: Life on Stage and Screen David Luhrssen My Life as a Mankiewicz: An Insider’s Journey through Hollywood Tom Mankiewicz and Robert Crane Raoul Walsh: The True Adventures of Hollywood’s Legendary Director Marilyn Ann Moss Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder Gene D. Phillips Arthur Penn: American Director Nat Segaloff Claude Rains: An Actor’s Voice David J. Skal with Jessica Rains Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley Jeffrey Spivak Thomas Ince: Hollywood’s Independent Pioneer Brian Taves Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet: My Summer with the Danish Filmmaker Jan Wahl ...

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