"Once a guarded cinematic secret, this definitive history reveals for the first time the art and craft of Hollywood's hand painted-backdrops, and pays homage to

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American historians such as Frederick Jackson Turner have argued that the West has been the region that most clearly defines American democracy and the national

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The untold tale of bit players, doubles, Central Casting, and extras in American film