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Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965

"From Leonard Maltin, author of the bestselling annual Movie Guide, comes the only guide to classic movies. Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide includes more than 9,000 capsule reviews of classic movies, including The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), High Noon (1952), and The Ten Commandments (1956)." "In addition, this comprehensive volume offers a star and director index, and Leonard Maltin's personal list of top classic DVDs. The result is an authoritative, dynamic guide to the classics that no film aficionado should be without."—Jacket.

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