Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!

Dec 4, 2012

0h 50m

★ 7.0

Overview

A documentary about the career of director Jack Arnold at Universal-International Studios. (An early version of this film, only 20 minutes in length, was screened in 2012.)

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Ballyhoo Motion Pictures

Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal! Trailers

Cast

Narrator (voice)

Tom Weaver

Self

Bob Burns

Self

C. Courtney Joyner

Self

David Schecter

Self

Bill Warren

Self

Dana M. Reemes

Self

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