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Hollywood Unknowns : A History of Extras, Bit Players, and Stand-Ins /

Extras, bit players, and stand-ins have been a part of the film industry almost from its conception. On a personal and a professional level, their stories are told in Hollywood Unknowns, the first history devoted to extras from the silent era through the present. Hollywood Unknowns discusses the rel...

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Autor principal: Slide, Anthony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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