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The Film Encyclopedia

by Ephraim Katz · 1979

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An encyclopedia of world cinema listing American, British, and international subjects and artistic, technical, and commercial aspects of the motion picture. (From [WorldCat listing][1])

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
moviesmoviesMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 1496 pages

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