D. W. Griffith


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Essay by Iris Barry.




Hollywood Before Glamour


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This exploration of fashion in American silent film offers fresh perspectives on the era preceding the studio system, and the evolution of Hollywood's distinctive brand of glamour. By the 1910s, the moving image was an integral part of everyday life and communicated fascinating, but as yet un-investigated, ideas and ideals about fashionable dress.










A Million and One Nights


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History of the films from Edison through Will Hays.




Saint Cinema; Writings on the Film, 1929-1970


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SC-SPCOLL (copy 4): From the James and Margaret Beveridge Fonds.




The Man who Invented Hollywood


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Textile & Fashion Arts


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This book presents one hundred of the finest textiles and fashion arts produced by weavers, embroiderers, and designers around the globe. Twenty-nine short essays introduce some of the major techniques and genres that textile makers have invented over the past twenty-five hundred years of human history.--[book cover].




A Salute to the Great McCarthy


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Fourth edition of a humorous Australian football story originally published in 1970. It is the story of McCarthy, the brilliant young footballer from the bush, and his adventures when he comes to the big city, determined to succeed. The author is the literary editor of the 'Australian' and he has written many plays, a collection of short stories and other novels including the award-winning 'Let's Hear It for Prendergast'.