Masters of Lens and Light offers filmographies for more than seven hundred American and world cinematographers from 1915 through 1990. These figures range from the renowned (Gregg Toland) to the productive if obscure (Ernest Miller). There are approximately thirty photos, as will as an extensive list of notable American and foreign films by cinematographers whose outputs were not large or significant enough to warrant separate entries.
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Darby's checklist is the most extensive work available...an essential addition to any extensive collection that supports research in the history and art of cinema. (Arba )
...an invaluable source of reliable information. (American Cinematographer )
...quite useful...will undoubtedly be a well received reference work... (Classic Images )
...this is a labor of love—and a must for a serious reference library. (Communication Booknotes )
Superb!..this is a major breakthrough...a wonderful masterlist...meticulous...warrants an Academy award of its own. Highly recommended. (Choice )
...only Masters of Lens and Light offers comprehensive coverage...unique contribution. (Wilson Library Bulletin )
...an invaluable source of reliable information. (American Cinematographer )
...quite useful...will undoubtedly be a well received reference work... (Classic Images )
...this is a labor of love—and a must for a serious reference library. (Communication Booknotes )
Superb!..this is a major breakthrough...a wonderful masterlist...meticulous...warrants an Academy award of its own. Highly recommended. (Choice )
...only Masters of Lens and Light offers comprehensive coverage...unique contribution. (Wilson Library Bulletin )
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William Darby has taught English and film at various colleges and universities in southeastern Michigan since 1974, when his doctoral dissertation on Sir Walter Scott was completed at Wayne State University. He has published Necessary American Fictions; Popular Literature of the 1950s (Popular Press, 1987) and American Film Music (McFarland, 1990), co-authored with Jack Du Bois.
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