TITLE: American Film
["Journal of the Film and Television Arts" -- Published by the American Film Institute (AFI) -- Hard-to-find magazine!]
ISSUE DATE: APRIL 1987; VOLUME XII NUMBER 6
CONDITION: Standard magazine size, Approx 8oe" X 11". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)

IN THIS ISSUE:
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COVER: Barbara Stanwyck, 1947. Photograph by Scotty Welbourne/The Kobal Collection.

BARBARA STANWYCK -- There's always tomorrow. but today there's the Life Achievement Award. By ROBERT BLEES.

THE INVASION OF THE BABY SNATCHERS -- With their dark, offbeat humor, these brothers from another planet scored with Blood Simple, a hard act to follow. But with Raising Arizona--a kidnapping comedy--the Coens head for the stars. By DAVID EDELSTEIN.

THE TEN BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAYS -- In 1983 we identified the top ten scripts on studio shelves. Four years later we reveal their fate- -and pick ten more. By STEPHEN REBELLO.

THE GREENING OF TELEVISION -- Why are movie people who wouldn't know a TV set if they tripped on one scrambling to appear on the tube?.

By FRANK LOVECE.

LAUGH TRACK: THE TRUTH ABOUT LYING -- Why "Honest Abe" Lincoln would never have made it in Hollywood. By TOM RICKMAN.

FLASHBACK: MURDER, HE SAID -- Was producer Paul Bern killed by wife Jean Harlow or by wife Dorothy Millette. suddenly awakened from a ten-year coma? Or neither? By SAMUEL MARX.

FAST-FORWARD COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER -- Ten tapes that recall that touch of Cary. By JOHN KOBAL.

CLOSE-UP: ROBERT TOWNSEND -- The twenty-nine-year-old actor-turned-director debuts with Hollywood Shuffle, a minority twist on breaking into the film business. By MARGY ROCHLIN.

BUSINESS FOR ART'S SAKE -- While Hollywood takes aim at kids, a new group of distributors is targeting adults with quality films. By DEBRA GOLDMAN.

DIALOGUE ON FILM: STUART CORNFELD -- The producer of The Elephant Man and The Fly walks a fine line between classic and camp.

DEPARTMENTS.
THE EDITING ROOM.
LETTERS.
NEWSREEL.
TRAILERS.
FROM THE DIRECTOR.
FREEZE FRAME.


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