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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is 1914, and twenty-five-year-old Frances Marion has left her (second) husband and her Northern California home for the lure of Los Angeles, where she is determined to live independently as an artist. But the word on everyones lips these days is "flickers"-the silent moving pictures enthralling theatergoers. Turn any corner in this burgeoning town and youll find made-up actors running around, as a movie camera captures it all.In this fledgling...
3) The deal
Publisher
Peace Arch Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A down-and-out film producer agrees to make his nephew's film about the 19th century English statesman Benjamin Disraeli. They can only get financing if he can cast a well-known action star. However, production is halted when the lead actor is kidnapped from the European film set. The producer hatches a scheme with a struggling creative executive to save the star and the movie.