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Almost Hollywood

Almost Hollywood

Almost Hollywood

Blair Miller

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Editorial:
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2013
Materia
Historia de América
ISBN:
9780761859956
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Blair Miller tells the story of the motion picture industry as it developed in Jacksonville after the turn of the twentieth century. Almost Hollywood reveals the meteoric rise and fall of Jacksonville in early silent films.

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