Great Movie Actresses by Phillip Strick

Great Movie Actresses (Illustrated Orbis Survey in Pictorial Dust Jacket)

A Large Illustrated Survey of Screen Actresses of America and Europe, From the Silent Era to the Seventies

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Great Movie Actresses
• Author: Phillip Strick
• Publisher: Orbis, London
• Publication Date: 1984
• ISBN-10: 0856136514
• Edition Details: First published in Great Britain by Orbis, 1984; this copy reprinted 1985.
• Binding: Publisher's cream cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large-format illustrated hardcover, over 250 pages, with many black and white film stills, a foreword by John Russell Taylor and an index.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: Plain cream cloth boards, clean, with a few faint marks. The spine and corners are sound, and the spine lettering is tidy.
• Interior: The pages are clean and bright, with no foxing or markings. The binding is tight.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. A pink confetti-pattern pictorial jacket with gold title lettering and star photographs, clean and bright. A price/barcode sticker sits on the lower back panel over the ISBN box. The jacket is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Great Movie Actresses is a large, lavishly illustrated survey of the women of the screen, published by Orbis in London in 1984. It follows film actresses from the silent era through the 1930s and on to the 1970s, and closes with a look at newer faces.

Each entry pairs photographs and black and white film stills with a short career write-up, making the book as pleasant to browse as to consult. A foreword by John Russell Taylor and a full index complete the volume.

A handsome, jacketed copy for collectors of film biography, cinema history and illustrated entertainment books.

Author Profile: Philip Strick

Philip Strick (1939-2006) was a British film critic, anthologist and teacher, and also directed a film library. His criticism appeared in the Monthly Film Bulletin, which later merged into Sight and Sound.

He is best known for Science Fiction Movies (1976), regarded as one of the better early books on the subject. His other titles include Antigrav (1975), Philip K. Dick and the Movies (1982) and The Metropolis Wars (1984).

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