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Description for Back Lot
Hardback. Maurice Rapf knows movies and the movie business as an insider, from first-hand experience, not from books. His autobiography is the story of one person's interaction with an evolving Hollywood. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, 19 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Son of pioneer movie producer Harry Rapf, Maurice Rapf grew up in Hollywood in that city's golden age. After moving from independent filmmaking to Warner Bros., in 1924 the senior Rapf joined Louis Mayer and became one of the founding members of MGM. Hence, movies were a huge influence in Maurice Rapf's early life. After graduating from college, Rapf worked as a screenwriter for major Hollywood studios, but, in 1947, he left Hollywood, never to work for a major studio again. On numerous occasions, he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee as an alleged communist, although he ... Read more
Son of pioneer movie producer Harry Rapf, Maurice Rapf grew up in Hollywood in that city's golden age. After moving from independent filmmaking to Warner Bros., in 1924 the senior Rapf joined Louis Mayer and became one of the founding members of MGM. Hence, movies were a huge influence in Maurice Rapf's early life. After graduating from college, Rapf worked as a screenwriter for major Hollywood studios, but, in 1947, he left Hollywood, never to work for a major studio again. On numerous occasions, he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee as an alleged communist, although he ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Series
The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810835832
SKU
V9780810835832
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About Maurice Rapf
Maurice Rapf was the Director Emeritus Film Studies and professor at Dartmouth College. He began at Dartmouth as an adjunct professor in 1966. In his long career, Maurice Rapf was a screenwriter, director, producer, film professor, and film critic.
Reviews for Back Lot
[Rapf] witnessed the rise and fall of the studio system, and delivers, in his own unique perspective, A Silents Majority Must Read.
Silents Majority
His personal recollections of the movies that were made at the time and the stars who inhabited that studio is informative and, indeed, priceless.
Rapport
...the book is quite different from the ... Read more
Silents Majority
His personal recollections of the movies that were made at the time and the stars who inhabited that studio is informative and, indeed, priceless.
Rapport
...the book is quite different from the ... Read more