ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

For their generous help and advice in the creation of this book the author wishes to thank John Baxter, Gene D. Phillips, R. H. W. Dillard, George Garrett, Harry Geduld, and Mary Ellen O’Brien who suggested the special issue of The Film Journal that led to this volume. Special thanks are also due to Eileen Montgomery for expert typing and proofreading of the manuscript.

Many of the stills and posters used in this book are from my collection, but for numerous other rare or hard-to-locate photos I am indebted to Ben Hamilton of Hampton Books, Ernest Burns of Cinemabilia, Mark Ricci of the Memory Shop, Fred Zentner of Cinema Bookshop, Mary Corliss of the Film Stills Archive of the Museum of Modern Art, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Stills Archive of the British Film Institute, as well as Rouben Mamoulian, John Baxter, Gene Phillips, Evelyn Renold, Anne Kail, Arthur Lennig, David Madden, and Lester Keyser. Photos are courtesy of the following studios and distributors : Warner Bros., United Artists, Avco Embassy, ABC Pictures Corp., Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, MGM, Paramount Pictures, Grove Press Film Division, Cinema 5, New Line Cinema, Eve Productions, Cinemation Industries, and New World Pictures.