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Arthur Knight(1916-1991)

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Arthur Knight in Those Were the Days (1980)
Arthur Knight was a popular film historian best known for his pioneering history of the cinema, The Liveliest Art: A Panoramic History of the Movies (1957) as well as for his long running column in Playboy magazine, "Sex in the Cinema." Knight also taught film history at USC and participated in numerous documentaries and radio programs on cinema history over the course of his long and dynamic career.
BornSeptember 3, 1916
DiedJuly 25, 1991(74)
BornSeptember 3, 1916
DiedJuly 25, 1991(74)
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Known for

Carole Wilson in Around the World with Nothing On (1963)
Around the World with Nothing On
  • Director
  • 1963
My Seven Little Bares (1963)
My Seven Little Bares
3.5
  • Director
  • 1963
Peter O'Toole in Lord Jim (1965)
Lord Jim
6.7
  • Additional Crew
  • 1965
Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at... (1964)
Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at...
6.8
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Writer

  • The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
    The Hollywood Clowns
    8.4
    Video
    • Writer
    • 1979
  • Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at... (1964)
    Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at...
    6.8
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1964–1965
  • Movie Museum (1954)
    Movie Museum
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1954–1955

Director

  • Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield in The Wild Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (1968)
    The Wild Wild World of Jayne Mansfield
    4.9
    • Director
    • 1968
  • My Seven Little Bares (1963)
    My Seven Little Bares
    3.5
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Carole Wilson in Around the World with Nothing On (1963)
    Around the World with Nothing On
    • Director
    • 1963

Additional Crew

  • Peter O'Toole in Lord Jim (1965)
    Lord Jim
    6.7
    • story editor
    • 1965
  • The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
    6.8
    Video
    • research
    • 1961
  • Rendezvous (1957)
    Rendezvous
    6.8
    TV Series
    • film researcher
    • 1958

Personal details

  • Born
    • September 3, 1916
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • July 25, 1991
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia(heart attack)
  • Other works
    Book: "The Liveliest Art: A Panoramic History of the Movies".

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    Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1974

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