Hollywood Destinies: European Directors in America 1922-1931 (Contemporary Film and Television Series)

By Graham Petrie

Book Overview

Originally published in 1986, this work is a full-length, detailed study of the careers of major European filmmakers, including Ernst Lubitsch, F.W. Murnau, Victor Sjostrom, and Mauritz Stiller, all of whom left their native countries to work in Hollywood during the 1920s. This edition contains recent scholarship on the reception of foreign films and directors in America in the 1920s, analyzes films that were not previously available, and includes a revised and updated bibliography.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814329586
• ISBN13: 9780814329580
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 6.0"