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Cinemascope Two: 20th Century-Fox (Rated: ASR)
Product Type: BookReviewer: johnhowardreid Review Rated: E |
Amazon's Price: $ 18.50
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Summary of this Book... | ||
This book is the second of three covering the so-called "CinemaScope Revolution" of the mid-1950s when the world's cinema screens became larger and wider. The leader in this worldwide innovation was the Hollywood studio, 20th Century Fox. | ||
This type of Book is good for... | ||
all fans of classic and vintage Hollywood films. | ||
I especially liked... | ||
the detailed coverage given to each movie, with full cast and camera credits, release information, and interesting background details. I also liked the many brief extracts from contemporary reviews. | ||
I didn't like... | ||
the fact that the illustrations were all in black-and-white, although they were printed one or two to a page, not squeezed down to a postage stamp size. | ||
When I finished reading this Book I wanted to... | ||
buy some of these movies in their original CinemaScope format on DVD. | ||
The author of this Book... | ||
obviously appreciates every movie he reviews and describes. He even has some good things to say about movies that he found disappointing. | ||
I recommend this Book because... | ||
it not only has nostalgia appeal, but present relevance as many of these movies are now available on DVD. | ||
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Created Jul 29, 2008 at 10:53pm •
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