Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!

Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!

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2012
0h 50m
7.0(1 votes)
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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.)

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Bob Burns

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C. Courtney Joyner

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David Schecter

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Bill Warren

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Dana M. Reemes

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