Crafting film performances: Acting in the Hollywood studio era

@inproceedings{Kramer2014CraftingFP,
  title={Crafting film performances: Acting in the Hollywood studio era},
  author={Peter Kramer and Alan Lovell},
  year={2014}
}
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