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American Film, Volume 1, Number 6

April 1976

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An edition of American Film (1975)

American Film, Volume 1, Number 6

April 1976

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Previous issues were stapled, this issue has a glued spine. Bob Harmon caricatures of various film celebrities adorn the cover. $1.50 cover price.

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Pages
100

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Table of Contents

Special Section. William Wyler Tribute
The Test of Time: William Wyler. Page 4
A Life in Film. Page 7
The Ben-Hur Journal. What happens when an actor is tapped to play the role of a lifetime while working with a great diretor in a movie of epic proportions? These excerpts from the journals kept by Charlton Heston tell the "inside" story. Page 28
Dialogue on Film: William Wyler. Charlton Heston joins the hard-of-hearing director, who discusses the transition from films to talkies, as well as movies like "The Best Years of Our Lives," "Memphis Belle," and others. Page 37
Letters. Page 53
McMurtry on the Movies. The Fun of It All Page 54
Political Filmmaking: The Selling of the Candidates. With Camera and Videotape Page 57
Raymond Chandler and Hollywood. The relationship was fruitful but uncomfortable for both. Part I of II. Page 62
The Theater of News, Part II. When American television viewers get the serious national news through John Cancellor or Harry Reasoner, most are getting it for the first time... Page 70
Endgame. In Search of the Missing Final Fadeout Page 74
The Underground Man. Kenneth Anger's Magic Quest Page 78
Focus on Education. Snap Course? Page 84
Member News. Page 87
Explorations. I've Made the Film, Now What Do I Do With It? Page 88
Books. Reviews.
Depression's Everyman: On James Cagney. "Cagney: The Actor as Auteur" by Patrick McGilligan, and "Cagney by Cagney." Page 92
The Beautiful Screwball. "Screwball: The Life of Carole Lombard" by Larry Swindell
Values and Biases. "Reeling" by Pauline Kael Page 94
The Western Myth: On the Lonesome Hero. "Sixguns and Society: A Structural Study of the Western" by Will Wright Page 96
Periodicals. Page 99

Edition Notes

Series
The Journal of the Film and Television Arts
Copyright Date
1976

Contributors

Editor
Hollis Alpert
Writer
Sam L. Gogg, Jr.
Writer
Gary Arlen
Writer
Martha Coolidge
Writer
Andrew Sarris
Writer
Brigitte Weeks
Writer
Hubert Herring
Writer
John Nachbar
Writer
Antonio Chemasi
Art Director
John Beveridge
Senior Editor
Stephen Zito
Editor
James Powers
Assistant Editor
Victoria Venker
Writer
Alex Ward
Writer
Frank MacShane
Writer
Philip Hilts
Writer
Roland Flamini
Writer
Kenneth Turan

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Format
Magazine
Number of pages
100

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26200946M
OCLC/WorldCat
2246336

Work Description

"American Film" is a magazine published by The American Film Institute from 1975-1992. 10 issues were published yearly, with 166 issues in total. Originally subtitled "The Journal of the Film and Television Arts" the highbrow magazine initially focused on film classics but the focus soon shifted to contemporary movies. Countless people associated with the film industry contributed articles and columns, including Francois Truffaut, Ernest Lehman, Leonard Maltin, Roger Ebert, Roger Greenspun, Larry McMurty, and others.

In addition to the information about movies and television, the journal offers an insightful view on the home video industry, chronicling the introductions of VHS, Beta, Videodisc and laserdisc and continuing through the VHS boom in the early '90s when the magazine folded. In October 1979, they introduced "The Video Scene," a multi-column section centered on home video, punctuated with ads and printed on a different paper stock. Ads for videotapes began to surface quickly during the run of the magazine and then exploded, with the first major ad being for The Video Club of America's release of "The Sound of Music" in the May 1979 issue.

AFI struggled in the publishing market so the magazine went through a vast array of changes over the years. Early issues were black-and-white, ad-free, with a 16-page card-stock centerfold for their "Dialogue on Film" column, which featured transcripts of Q&A discussions with film legends. Beginning with the April 1978 issue, the publishers switched to a cheaper paper stock. By 1978, they began to become overrun with advertisements and in December, they added color spreads, predominantly for noteworthy new films - though by the early 1980s they were publishing full-color issues. In 1988, the magazine was sold to BPI Communications, and the following year the entire format was changed to glossy, oversized issues. In 1992, the magazine abruptly ceased publication.

In April 2012, the magazine was revived as a monthly digital e-zine, which ran until October 2014, with a total of 31 issues.

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