Screening history /

Gore Vidal saw his first talking picture in 1929 when he was four years old. At age ten, the film A Midsummer Night's Dream whetted his appetite for all of Shakespeare's plays, and Mickey Rooney's Puck inspired his early fantasy about becoming an actor. Yet it was movies about history...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [1992]
Series:	William E. Massey, Sr. lectures in the history of American civilization ; 1991.
Subjects:	Historical films > History and criticism. Motion pictures > Philosophy. Films historiques > Histoire et critique. Cinéma > Philosophie. Cinéma > Miscellanées. Historical films Motion pictures Motion pictures > Philosophy Historischer Film Historische films. Historical films > History and criticism Motion pictures > Miscellanea Criticism, interpretation, etc. Motion pictures.