1. Abel, Richard, THE CINE GOES TO TOWN: FRENCH CINEMA 1896-1914 - UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION, University of California Pr., Berkeley, CA, (1998), B&W illustrations, 568pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0520079361 "...offers fresh insights into an exciting and adventurous period of filmmaking.", (Order No: 54721 ), $12.00
2. Ackerman, Forrest J., THE FRANKENSCIENCE MONSTER, Ace Publishing Company, New York, (1969), B&W illustrations, 191pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) -- a "Collector's Copy", "Everything you could possibly wish to know about the late, great Boris Karloff." With observations by Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Lon Chaney, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, and many, many more., (Order No: 22178 ), $45.00
3. Ackland, Rodney and Grant, Elspeth, THE CELLULOID MISTRESS: OR THE CUSTARD PIE OF DR. CALIGARI, Allan Wingate, London, (1954), B&W illustrations, 264pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), acidic yellowing paper, (Order No: 31216 ), $12.50
4. Adler, Irene, I REMEMBER JIMMY: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JIMMY DURANTE, Arlington House Publishers, New York, (1980), B&W photographs, 189pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870004832, (Order No: 8481 ), $8.00
5. Anketell, Michael, HEAVENLY BODIES: REMEMBERING HOLLYWOOD AND FASHION'S FAVORITE AIDS BENEFIT, Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX, (1999) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 192pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 08788332472 Step behind the scenes at some of the most exclusive, opulent fashion shows ever staged., (Order No: 38800 ), $20.00
6. Beck, Marilyn, MARILYN BECK'S HOLLYWOOD: A PENETRATING INSIDE LOOK AT TODAY'S FILM WORLD ... ITS PEOPLE AND TRENDS, Hawthorn Books, Inc., New York, (1973) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 258pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), signed by the author, (Order No: 32701 ), $10.00
7. Bergman, Ingmar (translated by Keith Bradfield), BERGMAN: PERSONA AND SHAME - THE SCREENPLAYS OF INGMAR BERGMAN, Grossman Publishers, New York, 1972, B&W illustrations, 191pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670158658, (Order No: 55196 ), $10.00
8. Bock, Hans-Michael; Mosel, Wiebke Annkatrin; and, Spazier, Ingrun, DIE TOBIS 1928-1945 - EINE KOMMENTIERTE FILMOGRAFIE, CineGraph, Hamburg, Germany, (2003), B&W illustrations, 318pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 388377748X Complete filmographie from 1928-1945 of productions of the various picture syndicate AG and the various different German Tobis companies. Text in German., (Order No: 48821 ), $40.00
9. Brown, John Gracen, O SHENANDOAH! AND CROMWELL AND FOX, Published by the author, n.p., (2003) 1st ed, 374pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Brown's writings: for film - O SHENANDOAH! (an American Civil War epic of the Shenandoah Valley); and for stage - CROMWELL AND FOX (the rise of the Quaker faith under Oliver Cromwell)., (Order No: 46715 ), $20.00
10. Brownlow, Kevin, THE WAR THE WEST, AND THE WILDERNESS: A CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT SILENT-MOVIE MAKERS, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1979 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 602pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394489217 "...who ventured out of the studios into dangerous and distant places, to record history on film., (Order No: 1468 ), $35.00
11. Brunsdon, Charlotte (edited by), FILMS FOR WOMEN, British Film Institute, Pub., London, (1986), B&W illustrations, 236pp, very good++, wraps (softcover) owner's name, ISBN 0851701558, (Order No: 53073 ), $5.00
12. Cahn, William (with an introduction by Harold Lloyd), THE LAUGH MAKERS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN COMEDIANS, Bramhall House, New York, (1957), B&W illustrations, 192pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A nostalgic and lively picture and text survey of the traditions of American comedy, the laugh makers themselves, and the forms and media that have shaped American humor., (Order No: 18113 ), $7.50
13. Chevalier, Maurice, I REMEMBER IT WELL, The Macmillan Co., New York, (1970) 1st ptg, B&W photographs, 221pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 8483 ), $3.00
14. Curtis, Anthony (edited by), THE RISE AND FALL OF THE MATINEE IDOL, St. Martins Press, New York, (1974), B&W illustrations, 215pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "Past deities of stage and screen, their roles, their magic, and their worshippers.", (Order No: 52006 ), $5.00
15. Curtis, James, BETWEEN FLOPS: A BIOGRAPHY OF PRESTON STURGES, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, (1982) 1st ed, 50 B&W ill., 339pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0151119325 This book recounts with compassion and wit the story of Preston's wild, shoot-the-rapids life., (Order No: 26097 ), $7.50
16. DiBattista, Maria, FAST-TALKING DAMES, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (2001) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 365pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300088159 The thesis of FAST-TALKING DAMES is that the special invention of the '30s comedy is the verbal sass of its female characters and the wit, the speed, and the freedom peculiar to the way these women talk that set them apart from the vamps and victims and hoydens of the silent period of films., (Order No: 55562 ), $7.00
17. Dickson, Antonia and Dickson, W. K. L. (with an introduction by Charles G. Clarke) also inscribed by Clarke, EDISON'S INVENTION OF THE KINETO-PHONOGRAPH, Pueblo Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1939, B&W illustrations, 18pp, very good, brown cloth spine, black boards (hardcover), "Reprint of one of the rare first accounts of the Talking Motion Picture." The original article appeared in the Century Magazine for June, 1894, but was long forgotten. One of 250 numbered copies with a "Zoetrope of Magic Panorama" in the rear pocket. Uncommon., (Order No: 52792 ), $275.00
18. Dolan, Edward F., HISTORY OF THE MOVIES: REVISED EDITION, Longmeadow Press, Greenwich, CT, (1986), B&W and color ill., 256pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on jacket, ISBN 0681400447 This book covers all bases--the plots, the backgrounds, the backstage stories of the early days, the Westerns, the B Movies, the Quickies, the Comedies, the Musicals, the Gangster pictures, the War pictures, Science Fiction, Horror, Adventure, Detective films and the Biggies., (Order No: 17145 ), $7.50
19. Donohoe, Joseph I. (editor), ESSAYS ON QUEBEC CINEMA, Michigan State Univ. Press, East Lansing, MI, 1991, B&W illustrations, 195pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870132946 How well Quebec cinema has fared in the struggle to produce and market films which continue to reflect the genius of French North America is a strong implicit subject of the international collection of essays gathered in this volume., (Order No: 13486 ), $10.00
20. Druxman, Michael B., MAKE IT AGAIN, SAM - A SURVEY OF MOVIE REMAKES, A. S. Barnes and Company, South Brunswick, NJ, (1975), B&W illustrations, 285pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on jacket, ISBN 0498014703, (Order No: 46157 ), $5.00
21. Edwards, Anne, THE DEMILLES - AN AMERICAN FAMILY, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1988), 132 ill., inc. 32 color plts, 248pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810911442, (Order No: 8485 ), $7.50
22. Eisenstein, Sergei, SERGEI EISENSTEIN: NOTES OF A FILM DIRECTOR, Foreign Languages Pub. House, Moscow, c1946, B&W illustrations, 208pp of text, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) bump couple of pages, Table of Contents include; About Myself and My Films, Problems of Film Direction, and Portraits of Artists., (Order No: 17224 ), $15.00
23. Fairbanks, Douglas, LAUGH AND LIVE, Britton Publishing Co., New York, (1917) 1st ed, B&W photos, 190pp, very good, nice bright clean tan cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 7190 ), $8.50
24. Field, Mary and Miller, Maud M. (introduction by John Mills), THE BOYS' & GIRLS' FILM BOOK, Burke Publishing Co., Ltd., UK, (1948) rev ed, B&W and color illustrations, 192pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) repair to spine of dustjacket, How scenes are made; the lives and the jobs of the people who do the making, and the many adventures which have led to the creation of the movies as everybody's entertainment is the story of this book., (Order No: 50941 ), $20.00
25. Flaherty, Frances Hubbard, THE ODYSSEY OF A FILM-MAKER: ROBERT FLAHERTY'S STORY, Beta Phi Mu, Urbana, IL, 1960, 47pp, good+, wraps (softcover), The text in this small book grew out of a number of talks which Frances Flaherty gave, during which film clips from the great Flaherty films were used to accompany her remarks. No one else knew Robert Flaherty as well as Frances Hubbard, who became his wife in 1914 and shared with him the triumphs and frustrations of his creative years., (Order No: 40085 ), $12.00
26. Fuller, Kathryn H., AT THE PICTURE SHOW: SMALL-TOWN AUDIENCES AND THE CREATION OF MOVIE FAN CULTURE, Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington, DC, (1996) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 248pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1560986395 In this social history of the movies during the silent-film era, Kathryn H. Fuller charts the gradual homogenization of a diverse American movie audience as itinerant shows gave way to established nickelodeon theaters and then to more luxurious picture palaces., (Order No: 37628 ), $10.00
27. Fullerton, John (editor); Koszarski, Richard (editor-in-chief), FILM HISTORY - AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, VOLUME 17, NUMBER 1, 2005 -- LOCAL FILM ISSUE, John Libbey Publishing, Eastleigh, UK, 2005, B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good, wraps (softcover), This issue of FILM HISTORY focuses on three concerns: local film, the local context of reception and local exhibition., (Order No: 47460 ), $20.00
28. Gerlach, John C., and Gerlach, Lana, THE CRITICAL INDEX: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ARTICLES ON FILM IN ENGLISH, 1946-1973, ARRANGED BY NAMES AND TOPICS, Teachers College Press, New York, (1974), 726pp, very good, light brown cloth (hardcover), Some light soiling to foreedge of bookblock., (Order No: 52083 ), $25.00
29. Gilmore, Michael T., DIFFERENCES IN THE DARK: AMERICAN MOVIES AND ENGLISH THEATER, Columbia University Press, New York, (1998) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 188pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231112246 A look at the meaning of America's fascination with movies and movie stars, and the way the soul of Britain is reflected in its tenacious love affair with the stage., (Order No: 29966 ), $10.00
30. Gladson, Gene, INDIANAPOLIS THEATERS FROM A TO Z, Gladson Publications, Indianapolis, IN, (1976) 1st rev, B&W illustrations, 170pp, fine, wraps (softcover), This is a revised and enlarged edition of INDIANAPOLIS THEATERS FROM A TO Z first published in 1972. The idea of this book was based on a listing of Indianapolis theaters, compiled by Charles Eiler, in March 1970., (Order No: 42864 ), $50.00
31. Godfrey, Lionel, CARY GRANT: THE LIGHT TOUCH, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1981) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 224pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312123094 The author charts the remarkable transformation of Archie Leach into Cary Grant., (Order No: 30157 ), $8.00
32. Green, Stanley and Goldblatt, Burt, STARRING FRED ASTAIRE, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1973), B&W illustrations, 501pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0396068774 First complete text-and-photo book dealing with the career of the most acclaimed dancer ever to appear on stage and screen., (Order No: 36476 ), $20.00
33. Greenberger, Howard, BOGEY'S BABY, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1978), B&W illustrations, 216pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, ISBN 0312087403 This is the story of two strong personalities determined to be themselves; two people with a tremendous sense of fun whose extraordinary chemistry and charisma attracted friendships with such luminaries as Katherine Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and Gary Cooper., (Order No: 12338 ), $7.50
34. Hamilton, John R. (photographs by); Batchelor, John Calvin (text by), THUNDER IN THE DUST - CLASSIC IMAGES OF WESTERN MOVIES, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, (1987) 1st ptg, color illustrations, 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1556700067 For the past thirty years, photographer Hamilton has worked on the sets of Westerns, and captured the myths of the West., (Order No: 49112 ), $12.50
35. Hart, John, LIGHTING FOR ACTION: PROFESSIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR SHOOTING VIDEO AND FILM, Amphoto, New York, (1992) 1st ptg, B&W and color ill., 144pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0817442251 If you've been taking still photographs and want to start shooting videos and films, this book will show you how to use familiar techniques and teach you new ways to light moving images., (Order No: 35455 ), $15.00
36. Hendricks, Gordon, BEGINNINGS OF THE BIOGRAPH, Beginnings of the Amer. Film, New York, 1964, B&W illustrations, 78pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), "The Story of the Invention of the Mutoscope and the Biograph and Their Supplying Camera." The technical, commercial and theatrical beginnings of the company which furnished the milieu for D.W. Griffith and those who followed in giving shape and direction to the art of the American film., (Order No: 3581 ), $45.00
37. Higman, Charles, AUDREY: THE LIFE OF AUDREY HEPBURN, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, (1984) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 228pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0025515101 Best-selling star biographer Charles Higham draws from personal reminiscences of Audrey's friends and associates, from studio files and correspondence to create an intimate behind-the-scenes picture of the life of this most private of stars., (Order No: 26062 ), $7.50
38. Hope, Bob (with Melville Shavelson), DON'T SHOOT, IT'S ONLY ME - BOB HOPE'S COMEDY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1990), B&W photos, 315pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0399135189, (Order No: 8482 ), $3.00
39. Isenberg, Michael T., WAR ON FILM: THE AMERICAN CINEMA AND WORLD WAR I, 1914-1941, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Pr, Rutherford, NJ, (1981), B&W illustrations, 273pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0838620043 An exercise in the use of motion pictures as historical evidence., (Order No: 53993 ), $20.00
40. Jarvie, I. C., MOVIES AS SOCIAL CRITICISM - ASPECTS OF THEIR SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, The Scarecrow Press, Inc., Metuchen, NJ, 1978, B&W illustrations, 207pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0810811065 In the preface the author states, "Popular movies are a rich source of ideas about information concerning, and criticism of society. By and large, their makers do not intend them to be sources of information and criticism. But the unintended consequences of social phenomena are very interesting.", (Order No: 48436 ), $8.50
41. Johnson, Nora, FLASHBACK: NORA JOHNSON ON NUNNALLY JOHNSON, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1979 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 369pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385134061 Here is an entertaining, moving, and often hilarious life of Nunnally Johnson--newspaperman, short-story writer, playwright, screenwriter, movie producer and director., (Order No: 26242 ), $4.00
42. Jones, Ken D.; McClure, Arthur F.; and Twomey, Alfred E., THE FILMS OF JAMES STEWART, Castle Books, New York, (1970), B&W ill., 256pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A great tribute to a great star!, (Order No: 34599 ), $10.00
43. Jordan, Rene, THE GREATEST STAR: THE BARBRA STREISAND STORY, AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1975), 253pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0399115978 This book goes beyond the canned interviews and the press releases to discover the truth about one of the finest entertainers of our era., (Order No: 24862 ), $4.50
44. Larkin, Rochelle, HAIL, COLUMBIA, Arlington House Publishers, New Rochelle, NY, (1975), B&W illustrations, 445pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870002392 Whether recalling the origins of Columbia, or analyzing the special magic of Oscar winners, this anniversary volume is a profusely illustrated blend of nostalgia, movie lore and witty reporting., (Order No: 17701 ), $14.50
45. Laws, Frederick (edited by) (contributions by Stonier, G. W.; Brunel, Adrian; Hill, Ralph; Goldie, Grace Wyndham; et al), MADE FOR MILLIONS: A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE NEW MEDIA OF INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT, Contact Publications Limited, London, (1947), B&W ill., 116pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A guide to the great modern techniques of communicating with a mass public., (Order No: 34016 ), $15.00
46. LeRoy, Mervyn (as told to Dick Kleiner) (foreword by Jack L. Warner), MERVYN LEROY: TAKE ONE, Hawthorn Books, Inc., New York, (1974) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 244pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, (Order No: 47603 ), $4.50
47. Leyda, Jay (edited by) (research by Doug Tomlinson and John Hagan), VOICES OF FILM EXPERIENCE: 1894 TO THE PRESENT, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, (1977) 1st ptg, 544pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 002571600X Actors - Writers - Composers - Designers - Producers - Directors Talk About Films." Over 600 voices of film experience past and present, from all film-producing countries, in film jobs of every kind speak directly about the art of cinema., (Order No: 16294 ), $5.00
48. Luhr, William and Lehman, Peter, AUTHORSHIP AND NARRATIVE IN THE CINEMA: ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY AESTHETICS AND CRITICISM, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1977), ill. by Stuart Auld, 320pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0399117857 A critical study in which specific films are discussed in relation to the authors' primary contention--that a film should be viewed on its own terms without judgments based on extraneous matters., (Order No: 26515 ), $12.50
49. Luhr, William (edited by), WORLD CINEMA SINCE 1945, Ungar, New York, (1987), B&W ill., 708pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0804430780 This volume lets us follow what has been happening in the United States and in other major national or regional cinemas since the mid-1940s, to see how other cinemas responded to the long dominating presence of Hollywood, and whether the alternatives some attempted have been able to make their own way., (Order No: 32897 ), $60.00
50. Macgowan, Kenneth, BEHIND THE SCREEN: THE HISTORY AND TECHNIQUES OF THE MOTION PICTURE, A Delacorte Press Book, New York, (1965), B&W illustrations, 528pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Long recognized as one of Hollywood's most distinguished and respected producers, Kenneth Macgowan completed this masterful survey of the motion picture immediately prior to his death., (Order No: 55712 ), $8.00
51. MacLaine, Shirley, YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1975) 1st ed, 249pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393074897 Starting her book as she opens her one-woman show in the never-never land of Las Vegas, Shirley MacLaine looks back over the past several years and tells the intimate tale of herself and the fascinating world in which she seems to always live., (Order No: 27476 ), $4.00
52. Maddock, Brent (nachwort von Gertrud Koch), DIE FILME VON JACQUES TATI, Raben Verlag, Munchen, (1984), B&W illustrations, 212pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 3922696139 "Aus dem Amerikanischen von Karola Gramann u. York v. Wittern.", (Order No: 34270 ), $25.00
53. Maeder, Edward; Annas, Alicia; LaValley, Satch; and, Jenssen, Elois (essays by), HOLLYWOOD AND HISTORY: COSTUME DESIGN IN FILM, Thames and Hudson, London, (1987), B&W and color illustrations, 256pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0500014221 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Main contents include: The Celluloid Image: Historical Dress in Film; The Photogenic Formula: Hairstyles and Makeup in Historical Films; and, Hollywood and Seventh Avenue: The Impact of Period Films on Fashion., (Order No: 55944 ), $10.00
54. Marx, Arthur, SON OF GROUCHO, David McKay Co., Inc., New York, (1973) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 357pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 3357 ), $5.00
55. Marx, Samuel, MAYER AND THALBERG - THE MAKE-BELIEVE SAINTS, Samuel French, Hollywood, CA, (1988), B&W illustrations, 273pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0573606951 "An enlightened excursion into the world of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer when it was the Rome of the motion picture universe and Louis B. Mayer was its Caesar; Irving Thalberg its Marc Antony.", (Order No: 52369 ), $4.00
56. McFarlane, Brian and Mayer, Geoff, NEW AUSTRALIAN CINEMA: SOURCES AND PARALLELS IN AMERICAN AND BRITISH FILM, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, (1992), B&W illustrations, 259pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) UNDERLINING 2pages, ISBN 0521383633 This book represents a new way of thinking about Australian cinema as it asks where the origins of the new films lie., (Order No: 44628 ), $12.50
57. Morella, Joe; Epstein, Edward Z.; and, Clark, Eleanor, THE AMAZING CAREERS OF BOB HOPE: FROM GAGS TO RICHES, Arlington House, New Rochelle, NY, (1973), 109 B&W photographs, 256pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870001914 For Forty Years a Smash Hit From Vaudeville to TV. Here's Why!, (Order No: 20092 ), $5.00
58. Naremore, James and Brantlinger, Patrick (edited by), MODERNITY AND MASS CULTURE, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, (1991), 278pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0253206278 This volume is a wide-ranging analysis of the relationship between industrialization, democracy, and art in the twentieth century., (Order No: 30448 ), $7.50
59. Parish, James Robert (edited by T. Allan Taylor), THE SLAPSTICK QUEENS, Castle Books, New York, (1973), B&W ill., 298pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), An in-depth study and appraisal of the professional work of Marjorie Main, Joan Davis, Martha Raye, Judy Canova, and Phyllis Diller., (Order No: 31796 ), $12.50
60. Philips, Baxter, CUT THE UNSEEN CINEMA, Bounty Books, New York, (1975), B&W illustrations, 111pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book tells the story of whole films or parts of them that have never been seen. Profusely illustrated with stills from the unseen cinema, this book explores and shows what the audience has missed from the beginning of the film industry to the progressive cinema of today., (Order No: 23175 ), $8.50
61. Portuges, Catherine, SCREEN MEMORIES: THE HUNGARIAN CINEMA OF MARTA MESZAROS, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, (1993), B&W illustrations, 190pp, fine, wraps (softcover), inscribed by the author, ISBN 0253207827 A fascinating exploration of the culture of post-Stalinist Eastern Europe through a detailed study of the achievements of its foremost woman director., (Order No: 28497 ), $9.50
62. Profiles in History, HOLLYWOOD AUCTION 26 - DEC. 14 & 15, 2006, Profiles in History, Beverly Hills, CA, 2006, color illustrations, 312pp, very good++, wraps (softcover) small corner bump, Featuring the rare original poster artwork for THUNDERBALL by Robert McGinnis, and much, much more., (Order No: 49761 ), $12.00
63. Profiles in History, HOLLYWOOD AUCTION 27 - APRIL 5, 2007, Profiles in History, Beverly Hills, CA, 2007, color illustrations, 264pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Over 700 lots including the extremely rare original "Winkie" guard costume from The Wizard of Oz., (Order No: 49762 ), $12.00
64. Ringgold, Gene; Bodeen, Dewitt (foreword by Rouben Mamoulian), CHEVALIER: THE FILMS AND CAREER OF MAURICE CHEVALIER, The Citadel Press, Secaucus, NJ, (1973) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 245pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0806503548, (Order No: 46167 ), $5.00
65. Ringgold, Gene; and, Bodeen, DeWitt, THE FILMS OF CECIL B. DEMILLE, The Citadel Press, New York, (1969) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 377pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 46168 ), $8.00
66. Rocchio, Vincent F., CINEMA OF ANXIETY: A PSYCHOANALYSIS OF ITALIAN NEOREALISM, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, (1999) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 190pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0292771010 The author combines Lacanian psychoanalysis with narratology and Marxist critical theory to examine the previously neglected relationship between Neorealist films and the historical spectators they address., (Order No: 30797 ), $17.50
67. Schickel, Richard (designed by Allen Hurlburt), THE STARS: THE PERSONALITIES WHO MADE THE MOVIES, The Dial Press, New York, 1962, approx. 400 B&W ill., 287pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), An extraordinary union of arresting pictures and discerning text, this book distills and enlivens the essence of more than one hundred star personalities., (Order No: 18478 ), $5.00
68. Schickel, Richard, MOVIES: THE HISTORY OF AN ART AND AN INSTITUTION, Basic Books, Inc. Publishers, New York, (1964), B&W illustrations, 208pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This is a lively yet scholarly account of the incredible career of the twentieth century's most indigenous art form, most peculiar business, and most popular cultural institution., (Order No: 34022 ), $10.00
69. Sennett, Ted, GREAT MOVIE DIRECTORS, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1986), B&W and color illustrations, 320pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810907186 Lavishly illustrated with 327 pictures, this volume covers the careers of more than 200 directors, mostly American, from the first silent movies up to the present., (Order No: 38305 ), $14.50
70. Shales, Tom (foreword by Gregory Peck), THE AMERICAN FILM HERITAGE: IMPRESSIONS FROM THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE ARCHIVES, Acropolis Books Ltd., Washington, D.C., (1972), 190 photos w/11 in color, 184pp, very good, pictorial boards (hardcover) original glassine cover, ISBN 0874913357 A collection of 34 short pieces touch on a wide range of films, and on the people who made them, acted in them or technically improved them--from silents to shorts to animation, to the advent of color and sound, the Warner Musicals, the "B" Westerns, to the Black film experience., (Order No: 16289 ), $20.00
71. Silverman, Stephen M. (introduction by Katharine Hepburn), DAVID LEAN, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1989), B&W and color ill., 208pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810935503 A lively compendium about the 60-year career of one of the greatest moviemakers of all time--and consequently, about the British and American film industries., (Order No: 25284 ), $12.50
72. Sklar, Robert, CITY BOYS: CAGNEY, BOGART, GARFIELD, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1992) 1st ptg, 40 B&W illustrations, 311pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0691047952 Often presented as a gangster, newspaper reporter, or private eye, the "city boy" seemed the quintessential product of urban America, although he was more a model for his audience than a mirror of social actuality. While blending the stories of the professional and political lives of Cagney, Bogart, and Garfield into one narrative, the author probes the cultural forces that produced this vivid cultural icon and examines its power over masculine self-definition., (Order No: 16418 ), $12.50
73. Smith, John M. and Cawkwell, Tim (associate editors), THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE FILM, Galahad Books, New York, (1972), over 500 B&W photographs, 444pp, very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0883651335 A truly comprehensive reference work on the film containing over 2,000 biographical entries on all the notable artists who have worked in the cinema: directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, actors and actresses, composers, designers, and others great and small., (Order No: 15771 ), $8.50
74. Spears, Jack, THE CIVIL WAR ON THE SCREEN AND OTHER ESSAYS, A.S. Barnes and Company, Cranbury, NJ, (1977), B&W illustrations, 240pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Here Hollywood's colorful treatament of the most tragic period in American history is traced in fascinating detail. From D. W. Griffith's monumental THE BIRTH OF A NATION to Clark Gable's picaresque Captain Rhett Butler of GONE WITH THE WIND, Jack Spears nostalgically recaptures the romance of dozens of Civil War movies. Contains a treasury of rare stills and photographs, as well as complete filmographies of one hundred Civil War motion pictures and the films of Alla Nazimova and Louis Wolheim., (Order No: 16074 ), $17.50
75. Springer, John (introduction by Gene Kelly), ALL TALKING! ALL SINGING! ALL DANCING!: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE MOVIE MUSICAL, The Citadel Press, New York, (1966) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 256pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The story of the movie musical, as told by John Springer in pictures and text., (Order No: 18479 ), $5.00
76. Steen, Mike, HOLLYWOOD SPEAKS!: AN ORAL HISTORY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1974), 379pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 039911162X Here is the real world of Hollywood from the dazzling star to the highly skilled craftsman, from the director to the set designer, from the leading lady to the makeup man: the complete story of the making of the movies., (Order No: 26095 ), $12.50
77. Sterling, Bryan B. and Sterling, Frances N. (foreword by James Blake Rogers), WILL ROGERS IN HOLLYWOOD: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE FILM CAREER OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE HUMORIST, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1984) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 182pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517552647 The authors have produced a comprehensive record of Will Rogers films, including cast and production credits, plot synopses, more than two hundered rare photographs, and Rogers' own words on his years with the film industry., (Order No: 17260 ), $4.50
78. Strait, Raymond, STAR BABIES: THE SHOCKING LIVES OF HOLLYWOOD'S CHILDREN, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1979), B&W illustrations, 255pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312755759 It's all here: the fabulous birthday parties, the "limousine treatment" to school, the lemonade stand set up and supplied by the butler, the Christmas sprees to clean out the toy department!, (Order No: 20104 ), $5.00
79. Strickland, A. W. and Ackerman, Forrest J., A REFERENCE GUIDE TO AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION FILMS, VOLUME 1, T.I.S. Publications, Bloomington, IN, (1981), 397pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0899172687 This volume covers films from 1897 to 1929., (Order No: 38415 ), $30.00
80. Thomson, David, A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF FILM, William Morrow and Company, New York, 1976 1st ptg, 629pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0688029744 Brilliant critical essays on the leading international personalities of film with over 800 directors, actors, actresses and producers., (Order No: 52157 ), $6.00
81. Toeplitz, Jerzy, HOLLYWOOD AND AFTER: THE CHANGING FACE OF MOVIES IN AMERICA, Henry Regnery Company, Chicago, (1974), 38 B&W photographs, 288pp, very good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0809282992, (Order No: 8495 ), $10.00
82. Turk, Edward Baron, HOLLYWOOD DIVA: A BIOGRAPHY OF JEANETTE MACDONALD, University of California Pr., Berkeley, CA, (2000) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 468pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0520222539, (Order No: 40855 ), $8.00
83. Tuska, Jon, A VARIABLE HARVEST: ESSAYS AND REVIEWS OF FILM AND LITERATURE, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, NC, (1990), 371pp, very good+, lt. tan cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket as published, ISBN 089950454X Author provides history and criticism in several subject areas: Motion Pictures; Western Stories; and, Detective and Mystery stories., (Order No: 55069 ), $22.50
84. Underwood, Peter, KARLOFF: THE LIFE OF BORIS KARLOFF, Drake Publishers, Inc., New York, (1972), B&W illustrations, 238pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0877492581 With an appendix of the films in which he appeared. The first biography of Boris Karloff depicting Karloff the man and Karloff the well-known actor., (Order No: 17953 ), $7.50
85. Vallee, Eleanor with Jill Amadio, MY VAGABOND LOVER: AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY OF RUDY VALLEE, Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX, (1996) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 260pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0878339183 Eleanor Vallee was married to America's first heartthrob, Rudy Vallee, for over thirty years., (Order No: 54866 ), $7.00
86. Waller, Gregory A., MAIN STREET AMUSEMENTS: MOVIES AND COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT IN A SOUTHERN CITY, 1896-1930, Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington, (1995), B&W illustrations, 342pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1560985046 The first full-length study of the emergence and reception of cinema in the American South, this book retrieves the history of silent film and other leisure-time activities in the small biracial city of Lexington, Kentucky., (Order No: 22486 ), $14.50
87. Watt, Harry, DON'T LOOK AT THE CAMERA, Paul Elek, London, (1974), B&W illustrations, 198pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0236177176 The irreverent memoirs of the maker of 'Night Mail' "Target for Tonight' etc., (Order No: 44305 ), $12.50
88. Weightman, John (intro by); Clair, Rene; Renoir, Jean; Ophuls, Max & Clouzot, Henri-Georges, MASTERWORKS OF THE FRENCH CINEMA: THE ITALIAN STRAW HAT, GRAND ILLUSION, LA RONDE, THE WAGES OF FEAR, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1974) 1st US, B&W illustrations, 350pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0064353311 The subjects of the scenarios of the four films included in this volume vary from bedroom farce to international tragedy. Together, they span a quarter of a century of French cinema. What they have in common is that they are all supreme examples of the brilliance and skillful craftsmanship of the cinema in France., (Order No: 14032 ), $9.50
89. Wiley, Mason and Bona, Damien (edited by Gail MacColl), INSIDE OSCAR: THE UNOFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS, Ballantine Books, New York, (1987), B&W illustrations, 869pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0345344537 UP-TO-DATE Includes the 1986 Awards. Every Oscar year is here, complete with the stories about the sensational newcomers, the Hollywood veterans, and the has-beens making comebacks, all vying for the golden statuette., (Order No: 34641 ), $10.00
90. Willis, John, SCREEN WORLD 1973 - VOLUME 24, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1973, B&W illustrations, 255pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517504154, (Order No: 41018 ), $10.00