Filmograph - Vol. I, No. 4 (1970) [cover: Lois Wilson]

Alexandria VA: Murray Summers. Near Fine. 1970. (Vol. I, No. 4). Journal. NOISBN . [nice clean copy, very slight wear along spine]. (B&W photographs) Privately-published journal, issued quarterly from 1970-1976, featuring short articles on various aspects of American film history. This issue includes: a interview with silent film actress Lois Wilson; an article about the brief and not-that-glorious film career of TV host Merv Griffin; an article in which Herman G. Weinberg speculates (wildly) that the plot of Ernst Lubitsch's 1924 film THREE WOMEN might have been inspired by the William Desmond Taylor murder; brief biographies of three B-Western (truncated) comedians (Max Terhune, George "Gabby" Hayes, and Smiley Burnette; a "filmograph" (basically a short review/synopsis) of Frank Borzage's LAZYBONES (1925), along with a commentary on its filming by actress Jane Novak. All this and more, in just 48 pages! . (Inventory #: 18611)