VTG 1972 SEEN ANY GOOD DIRTY MOVIES LATELY James Arnold 1st Ed Film Criticism For Sale

Published in 1972 by St. Anthony Messenger Press, James W. Arnold's “Seen any good dirty movies lately?” provides an insightful snapshot of post-1960s Hollywood censorship, film aesthetics, and moral criticism. Arnold, a Marquette journalism professor and syndicated film critic, analyzes landmark era cinema including Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Graduate, Easy Rider, Last Summer, and Gone with the Wind. Accompanied by full-page monochrome film stills, this original trade paperback is an essential collectible for retro cinema scholars and pop-culture historians.

​Condition Report

• ​Covers & Spine: Good (G+) softcover with visible surface scuffing across the black gloss background, edge wear, and creases.

• ​Binding: Sound, complete text block. Yellowed binder's adhesive bleed is visible along the inner gutter margin of the title page.

• ​Pages & Provenance: Clean internal text and crisp photo plates. Includes a former owner's name/class code in live ballpoint ink on a preliminary blank leaf. No other internal writing, highlighting, or missing pages.