A comprehensive compendium of motion picture and television adaptions of books and plays. Is the national bibliography of film in Canada. Each entry also has a paragraph description. Entries include information about film titles, directors, actors, actresses, screenwriters, production company and year. Also included in over half of the entries is a description of the film plus a bibliography about early film history.
Some entries have annotations that give plot summary and evaluation.
This multi-volume set gives information on over 40,000 films released in the United States through 1984. Short film and films made for television are also included. Entries are in alphabetical order and give information about the release date, date of production, running time, credits, format, series title and a short synopsis. There are subject, series, director, producer and production year indexes. For each film entry, gives date, title, production company, directors and actors and archive.