American Film, Volume III, Number 4
Subtitle: February 1978
Series: The Journal of the Film and Television Arts
Publisher: American Film Institute
Published: February 1978
Language: eng
Format: Magazine
Number of pages: 80
Copyright date: 1978
Description: Cover photo of Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in "Grease." $1.75 cover price.

Ernest Lehman's column "Lehman at Large" replaces Larry McMurtry's "McMurtry" at the Movies."
Table of contents: label: The Editing Room
pagenum: 2; title: Hollis Alpert; label: Comment: From "Top Hat" to "Rocky"
pagenum: 5
title: The new movies shun the real world for the brave new world of narcissism.; title: Antonio Chemasi; label: Letters
pagenum: 6; label: Lehman at Large: Screening Sickness
pagenum: 8
title: Beware the Bel Air circuit.; title: Ernest Lehman; label: Musical Grease
pagenum: 10
title: The fifties have exploded upon us; the movie version of "Grease" recalls them for a new generation.; title: Marjorie Rosen; label: MGM: The Lion Finds New Gain
pagenum: 18
title: Production is on the rise at the famous studio, and there's a Las Vegas connection.; title: Hollis Alpert; label: Good Morning, Lanesville
pagenum: 26
title: They say it's the world's smallest television station. By why is that important?; label: Dialogue on Film: George Cukor
pagenum: 33
title: The veteran director discusses the fine art of dealing with stars - males, females and couples.; label: My Criticism, My Politics
pagenum: 50
title: The noted critic examines the war inside himself.; title: Andrew Sarris; label: About Television: Music and the Medium
pagenum: 55
title: What meets the ear is germane to what meets the eye.; title: Martin Mayer; label: The Noble Hours of Brazilian Television
pagenum: 56
title: In Rio, in São Paulo, in Brazilia, they all tune into "Duas Vidas," a telenovela 120 episodes long.; title: Larry Rohter; label: Letter from a Small Island
pagenum: 61
title: What happened when a television miniseries disembarked its crew on an out-of-the-way island?; title: Elsa Barnouw; label: AFI News
pagenum: 63; label: Festival Report: New York
pagenum: 66
title: Lincoln Center's annual film festival has become a cultural obligation.; title: Jonathan Baumbach; label: Inner Circles: A Look at the Laurels
pagenum: 68
title: Top screenwriters are honored by their peers.; title: Alan Rivkin; label: Explorations: The Spaced-Out World of Douglas Trumbull
pagenum: 70
title: The wizard of special-effects has something new up his sleeve: a super-real screen process.; title: Gene Lees; label: Books
pagenum: 74
title: Reviews.; title: "The Proust Screenplay" by Harold Pinter.
label: John Simon; title: "Clearing the Air" by Daniel Schorr
label: Jeff Greenfield; title: "The Making of The Wizard of Oz" by Aljean Harmetz.
label: Brigitte Weeks; label: Periodicals
pagenum: 80