Missing Reels: Lost Films of American and European Cinema

by Harry Waldman

Book Overview

During the first half of this century, motion pictures were often considered disposable once their circulations were over. The recycling of used film and the use of components for war efforts contributed to the loss of many movies, as did the unstable nature of the nitrate film itself. The loss of extant works has created gaps in the national cinematic history of the United States and most European countries. Eighty percent of all Western-made...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786437774
• ISBN13: 9780786437771
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher