American Film, Volume II, Number 1
Subtitle: October 1976
Series: The Journal of the Film and Television Arts
Publisher: American Film Institute
Published: October 1976
Place of publication: New York, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Magazine
Number of pages: 80
Copyright date: 1976
Description: Cover photo of LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte from ABC miniseries "Roots." $1.75 cover price.

Beginning with this issue, volumes are denoted by Roman numerals.
Table of contents: label: The Second Year
pagenum: 2; label: Letters
pagenum: 3
title: Casablanca Revisited: Three Comments; label: Comment
pagenum: 5
title: In Scant Supply; label: McMurtry on the Movies
pagenum: 6
title: Pencils West; Or, a Theory for the Shoot 'em Up; label: Out of Africa
pagenum: 8
title: Alex Haley's "Roots," a search for black origins, is headed for 12 groundbreaking hours on network television. The story begins...; label: The Prime-Time Game
pagenum: 18
title: The new TV season is upon us and it looks upbeat for both viewers and network profits.; label: The Writer Unblocked
pagenum: 26
title: Not since the Golden Fifties have TV writers had the opportunities provided by "Visions," a new PBS drama series.; label: Dialogue on Film: Ernest Lehman
pagenum: 33
title: The writer discusses Robert Wise, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," "North By Northwest," "West Side Story," "The Sound of Music" and "Portnoy's Complaint."; label: Car Culture in the Movies: The Secret of the Deserted Meadow
pagenum: 50
title: Interview with Wes Bishop, producer/coauthor of "Race with the Devil."; label: Sixty Thousand Programs
pagenum: 56
title: A reflection of an era, a nostalgic period evocation, pre-World War II cinema programs from Berlin and Vienna are also a unique source for film history.; label: Focus on Education
pagenum: 60
title: How the West Was Lost; label: The Continental Touch: Part II, Enter the Germans
pagenum: 61
title: Emigre Germans gave Hollywood many of its techniques, but Hungarians and Austrians brought warmth and sophistication.; label: Explorations
pagenum: 67
title: The Videotape Potential; label: Journey Through a Decade
pagenum: 68
title: The life and hard times of a film critic during the turbulent sixties.; title: Reviews
label: Books; label: Fringe Benefits: On Authors in Hollywood
pagenum: 74
title: "Some Time in the Sun" by Tom Dardis; label: A Screenwriter's Odyssey:
pagenum: 75
title: "By a Stroke of Luck! An Autobiography" by Donald Ogden Stewart; label: Periodicals
pagenum: 78