Rediscovering Ben Hecht
selling the celluloid serpent
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Author
Contributions
- Kovan, Florice Whyte. - Contributor
Publication
1999 - Snickersnee, Washington, D.C, District of Columbia
Language
English
Word Count
24,250 words, Guess
Page Count
97 pages
Physical Format
Paperback, oblong, hand-set
Identifiers
- ISBN-100966770935
- ISBN-139780966770933
- Goodreads578789
- LibraryThing4456102
- OCLC Control Number42999821
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL22473333M
Classifications
- DDC813/.52
- LCCPS3515.E18 A6 1999
Description
"Selling the Celluloid Serpent." Ben Hecht's mostly humorous stories for the Chicago Daily News about the silent film business of the early 1920s. Collectors Edition printed on deep toned resume paper and card stock of mauve, sage and pumpkin colors. Tipped-in color images of Mack Sennett, Norma Talmadge, Chicago landmarks, a distorted business card, Moon Quan's contract with DW Griffith. Transparency page; UV Ultra leaf with embossing. One story is typed on green lined accounting paper. Spiral in silk-screened cloth-over-board portfolio with caricature by Chicago artist Erik Johan Smith, whose biography is included. Numbered artist book by Florice Whyte Kovan. Errata page at end.
Subjects
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Times
Genres
- Fiction
Other Editions
- Rediscovering Ben Hecht
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