American Film Scripts Online
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American Film Scripts Online is an ongoing full-text project which currently contains over 100 films by 200 writers. The collection of feature films, when completed, will hold 1,000 scripts and over 100,000 scenes. The database is full- text searchable and includes detailed indexing on scenes, characters, and people. Supplemental information includes short biographies on the writers and awards given to individual films have been noted.
Particularly useful for students of drama, literature, popular culture, history, sociology, film studies, anthropology, race relations, and ethnic studies.
Coverage:
Indexing 1920s-
Information Type:
- Citations? Yes
- Abstracts? Yes
- Full-Text? Yes
Update Frequency: Quarterly
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Related Databases:
- See Databases by Subject: Performing Arts
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