Hollywood Destinies: European Directors in America, 1922-1931 (Paperback) by Graham Petrie

9780814329580. New condition. Trade paperback. Rev ed. Language: English. Pages: 288. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Contemporary Film and Television (Paperback). Originally published in 1986, this work is a full-length, detailed study of the careers of major European filmmakers, including Ernst Lubitsch, F.W. Murnau, Victor Sjostrom, and Mauritz Stiller, all of whom left their native countries to work in Hollywood during the 1920s. This edition contains recent scholarship on the reception of foreign films and directors in America in the 1920s, analyzes films that were not previously available, and includes a revised and updated bibliography.