Has Anyone Read This Book?

I was searching through ABE books and saw this: . Seldes, Gilbert. THE MOVIES COME FROM AMERICA. With a Foreword by Charles Chaplin. 1937.

It also said that the illustrations were done by Walt Disney. The book was kinda expensive, $125. So I thought I'd ask about it before investing such a high sum.

Lori

'I am not a communist.' Charles Chaplin

Thanks for the heads up, Lori. I just put a hold on it at the library. I'll have a scan and let you know. Anyways, it's out there, so you don't have to buy it.

THE MOVIES COME FROM AMERICA

Thanks Phil. I'll look for it at the library.

Lori

'I am not a communist.' Charles Chaplin

Leslie - Apparently there's also an English edition with a different title. My library lists it thusly:

CALLNO 792.7 S46M AUTHOR 1) Seldes, Gilbert, 1893-1970 TITLE Movies for the millions: an account of motion pictures, principally in America; with a preface by Charlie Chaplin. TITLEVAR Movies came from America. IMPRINT London, Batsford [1937] COLLATION 120 p. front. pl.

So you could search for that title too. We tend to get a lot of British editions here in British Columbia. I wonder why that is?

I saw a copy of it in the MOMA Library some years back, and glanced at the Preface. As I recall it wasn't much, certainly not worth paying such a high price for. Phil's right