FROM OUR EDITORS

Whether you're interested in cinema history or determined to win a friendly bet, this book, compiled by one of America's foremost film experts, is a veritable Who's Who of Hollywood history. Maltin presents capsulized biographies of filmmakers from D.W. Griffith to John Sayles, actors from Rudolph Valentino to Julia Roberts, and a whole host of luminaries, including writers, composers, cinematographers, & other movie mucky-mucks, from the silent era to the present. Entries range from paragraph-length cameos to full-scale profiles, complete with Maltin's own highly subjective assessments of significant films. 1994

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This essential addition to every movie buff's home library features career profiles of more than 2,000 actors and filmmakers, past and present. Entries range from paragraph-length cameos on relatively unknown performers to full-scale profiles of major figures such as Marlon Brando, John Ford, and Katharine Hepburn--complete with Maltin's assessments of their most significant films.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia is an essential addition for every movie fan's bookshelf - preferably right next to the TV set and VCR, where it can be propped up beside, and used in tandem with, his bestselling, annually updated Movie & VIdeo Guide

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