num_pages: 840
description: The Macmillan Compendium series is a collection of single-volume reference encyclopaedias. This volume presents articles about specific movies, great directors, and big stars integrated with descriptions of basic film genres. It features a sanctioned list of 100 best movies, and provides a backdrop for discussion of a century of American movies. Backmatter includes a chronology - placing film in the context of American history, a bibliography, an award list - Academy Awards, and Critics Awards, and a glossary of film terms.
language: English
title: 100 Years of American Film
titlecomplete: 100 Years of American Film (Twayne Filmmakers Series, 1)
publisher: Macmillan Library Reference