Description
Hansom Books, Published 1980. Wraps, single issue magazine, 50 pp.; 27.5 x 21.5 cm; Vol. 26, No. 6, Issue No. 306, March 1980; illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Edited by Robin Bean.
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Condition & notes
In Good condition. Blue and white pictorial paper covers, photograph of Eddie Kidd on motorcycle to front, Air-India advertisement to rear. Mild shelf wear with scuffing and small surface marks to front cover, thin tear at top right corner of front cover. Rear cover shows heavy scuffing and scratches with creasing, small nicks along fore-edge. Binding tight. Pages mildly toned along edges, otherwise unmarked. Monthly British film magazine founded in 1954, published by Philip Dosse's Hansom Books, which went bankrupt later in 1980. Cover shows Eddie Kidd in Heavy Metal, the stunt film released in 1981 as Riding High. Part Two of Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film is a pictorial tribute based on the 13-part Thames Television series by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill, then running on British television. Includes picture previews of William Friedkin's Cruising and Norman Jewison's . . . And Justice for All, both with Al Pacino, and Nicolas Roeg's Bad Timing. In Camera section lists the 1979 Academy Award nominations, with pieces on Nora Kaye and Richard Gere; London openings lists The Empire Strikes Back at the Odeon Leicester Square for May 21. Contents: The Great Story Chase (Julian Fox); Reviews; Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film, Part Two; Picture previews: Voices, Cruising, Starting Over, Bad Timing, . . . And Justice for All, Heavy Metal, Silver Dream Racer; Letters; In Camera; Q & A (David McGillivray); Books; New Productions.