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Book Title: Thomas Ince : Hollywood's Independent Pioneer
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.2in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Brian Taves
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Film / General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / History & Criticism
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
Item Weight: 23.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
