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Book Title: Rex Ingram : Visionary Director of the Silent Screen
Item Length: 9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Ruth Barton
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Film / General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / History & Criticism
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
Item Weight: 21.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 328 Pages
