Copyright © 2015 by James Curtis
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Published in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., Toronto.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Curtis, James.
William Cameron Menzies : the shape of films to come / James Curtis.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
ISBN 978-0-375-42472-4 (hardcover : alk. paper). ISBN 978-1-101-87067-9 (eBook).
1. Menzies, William Cameron, 1896–1957. 2. Motion picture art directors—United States—Biography. 3. Set designers—United States—Biography. 4. Motion picture producers and directors—United States—Biography. I. Title.
PN1998.3.M4645C88 2015 791.4302′5092—dc23 [B] 2015011482
eBook ISBN 9781101870679
Cover image sources include: the Menzies Family Collection; the David O. Selznick Collection at the Harry Ransom Center, the University of Texas at Austin; the New York Public Library; and two private collections
Cover design by Janet Hansen
Book design by Soonyoung Kwon, adapted for eBook
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