Film & Movies

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Sherbourne Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Biography of the controversial and award-winning director, covering the entire span of his career. Illustrated with photographs. Two appendixes: The Projects of John Huston: Films and Plays 1931-1965, and A Huston Bibliography. 247 pages.

Softcover. NY, Miramax/ Hyperion, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 290 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Preface by Wayne Wang. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Titan Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 160 pages, Over fifty years ago, with the release of The Curse of Frankenstein and Christopher Lee in Dracula, Hammer ushered in a whole new era of blood and barely restrained cleavage in glorious color, mixing sex and horror with a style and panache that made the small British company world famous. Bursting at the seams with rare and previously unpublished photographs from Hammer's archive and private collections worldwide, and featuring many new interviews, Hammer Glamour is a lavish, full color celebration of Hammer's female stars, including Ingrid Pitt, Martine Beswick, Caroline Munro, Barbara Shelley, Joanna Lumley, Nastassja Kinski, and of course Raquel Welch (who can forget her fur bikini in One Million Years B. C.?).

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 182 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated with 12 photos from the Buster Keaton Silent Comedy. Dust jacket shows heavy chipping and small tears. Lightly darkened pages, otherwise tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 369 pages, b&w photos. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The author presents a memoir of her father the well-known playwright, producer, director and screenwriter of such Hollywood classics as The Desert Fox, How to Marry a Millionaire, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The Three Faces of Eve, The Dirty Dozen and many others.

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 448 pages, b&w photos. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Remainder dot on top edge, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Hill and Wang, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages, b&w photos. Translated & with additional material by David Robinson. Very good, clean. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 400 pages. The definitive biography of Leni Riefenstahl, the woman best known as "Hitler's filmmaker," one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the twentieth century. It is the story of huge talent and huger ambition, one that probes the sometimes blurred borders dividing art and beauty from truth and humanity. Relying on new sources--including interviews with her colleagues and intimate friends, as well as on previously unknown recordings of Riefenstahl herself--Bach gives us an exceptional work of historical investigation that untangles the past and is also an objective but unsparing appraisal of a woman of spectacular gifts corrupted by ruthless personal ambition.

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon , 1st US, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 123 pages, b&w photos.

London, Faber & Faber, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 384 pages. Orson Welles was a metamorphic man, a magical shape-changer who made up myths about himself and permitted others to add to their store. On different occasions, he likened himself to Christ--mankind's redeemer--and to Lucifer--the rebel angel who brought about the fall. His persona compounded the roles he played--kings, despots, generals, captains of industry, autocratic film directors--and the more or less fictitious exploits with which he regaled other people or which they attributed to him. Hailed in childhood as a genius, he remained mystified by his own promise, unable to understand or control an intellect that he came to think of as a curse; and he ended his days shilling wine and performing magic tricks on talk shows. At times, he saw the collapse of his early ambitions as a tragedy; in other moods, he viewed his life as a humbling comedy, and settled down--like another favorite character, Shakespeare's Falstaff --to eat, drink and be irresponsibly merry. Rather than producing another conventional biography of Welles, Peter Conrad has set out to investigate the stories Welles told about his life--the myths and secret histories hidden in films both made and unmade, in the books Welles wrote and those he read. The result takes us deep into Welles' imagination, showing how he created, then ultimately destroyed himself. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two large hardcovers in a slipcase, 512 pages. The Story of Marvel Studios is the first-ever, fully authorized, all-access history of Marvel Studios' creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as told by the producers, writers, directors, concept artists, VFX artists, cast, and crew who brought it to life. Year-by-year, project-by-project, the studio's founding and meteoric growth are described through detailed personal stories, anecdotes, and remembrances of noteworthy challenges, breakthrough milestones, and history-making successes. Featuring archival materials, concept art, film stills, memorabilia from cast and crew, and rare promotional art, these volumes will take fans on a journey through Marvel Studios' creative challenges, breakthroughs, and successes of the past decade. These visuals are joined by exclusive interviews with key producers, studio heads, and core cast members such as Kevin Feige, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, and more. Clean, bright set.

Softcover. NY, Taschen, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Barry Lyndon is a cinematic masterwork without equal. At first misunderstood upon its 1975 release, it is now widely considered to be one of Kubrick's finest achievements. Each set in TASCHEN's Making of a Masterpiece series comes in a deluxe LP sized folio and includes a DVD of the remastered film, the original poster, essays, interviews, and extensive behindthescenes materials from Kubrick's archives. Based on William Makepeace Thackeray's picaresque novel of 1844, Barry Lyndon tells the story of a social-climbing opportunist (Ryan O'Neal) who succeeds in marrying a beautiful aristocrat far above his social station (Marisa Berenson), only to see his gains eventually undone by avarice and spite. Meticulously conceived and sumptuously photographed-using a specially-modified lens and almost exclusively lit by candles and natural light-Barry Lyndon is at once a satirical and sympathetic portrayal of a strangely endearing antihero. (Because "he has charm and courage," said Kubrick, "it's impossible not to like him despite his vanity, his insensitivity, and his weakness.")

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 412 pages illustrated in color and b&w. In just a few years, what used to be an immobile piece of living room furniture, which one had to sit in front of at appointed times in order to watch sponsored programming on a finite number of channels, morphed into a glowing cloud of screens with access to a near-endless supply of content available when and how viewers want it. With this phenomenon now a common cultural theme, a writer of David Thomson's stature delivering a critical history, or "biography" of the six-decade television era, will be a significant event which could not be more timely. With Television, the critic and film historian who wrote what Sight and Sound's readers called "the most important film book of the last 50 years" has finally turned his unique powers of observation to the medium that has swallowed film whole. Over twenty-two thematically organized chapters, Thomson brings his provocatively insightful and unique voice to the life of what was television. David Thomson surveying a Boschian landscape, illuminated by that singular glow-always "on"-and peopled by everyone from Donna Reed to Dennis Potter, will be the first complete history of the defining medium of our time. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black boards stamped with gilt title, black cloth spine. INSCRIBED BY BENCHLEY on a blank prelim page. 242 pages with b&w photos. The author, a close friend of Humphrey Bogart, and the full cooperation of Bogart's wife, Lauren Bacall writes this dynamic story of Bogie, one of the greatest actors ever. Illustrated with one hundred photographs, many never before published, garnered from friend's private albums. Clean copy, lacks dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Rinehart & Company, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 344 pages illustrated with b&w drawings by the author. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Corvin, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 121 pages. Includes a bibliography and filmography. Lya de Putti's star shone for such a short time. Her star-making role in Variety, with Emil Jannings, happened just six years prior to her death. There's not a lot of information available about her but the authors have put together what they were able to find in a well-written, interesting manner. The turmoil, the films and the foibles are all here for reading purposes. INSCRIBED BY HERZOG on title page. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket, 362 pages. Richard Steele, best known for his essays in The Tatler and The Spectator, was a powerful and humane influence in letters, the theatre and politics during the times of Queen Anne and the first George. B&w frontis. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Plume/New American Library, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 470 pages, illustrated in b&w and color. Film historian and critic, Leonard Maltin's extensively researched book about the world of animated cartoons. Illustrated with drawings, photographs, and color posters. With studio filmographies, Academy Award nominees and winners, glossary of animation terms, source listings, and index. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Durham NC, Duke University Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with magenta gilt lettering on spine, 269 pages, b&w illustrations. Masculine Singular is an original interpretation of French New Wave cinema by one of Frances leading feminist film scholars. While most criticism of the New Wave has concentrated on the filmmakers and their films, Genevive Sellier focuses on the social and cultural turbulence of the cinemas formative years, from 1957 to 1962. The New Wave filmmakers were members of a young generation emerging on the French cultural scene, eager to acquire sexual and economic freedom. Almost all of them were men, and they wrote in the masculine first-person singular, often using male protagonists as stand-ins for themselves. In their films, they explored relations between men and women, and they expressed ambivalence about the new liberated woman. Sellier argues that gender relations and the construction of sexual identities were the primary subject of New Wave cinema.Sellier draws on sociological surveys, box office data, and popular magazines of the period, as well as analyses of specific New Wave films. No dust jacket, Clean copy.

Softcover. UK, FAB Press, 3rd pr., 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 191 pages illustrated in b&w. A mind-melting compilation of gonzo writing, illustration and comics about the most insane, sexy, awkward, cheesy, hilarious, upsetting and jaw-dropping movies in the history of film, Cinema Sewer joyously celebrates the sleaziest aspects of the moviegoing experience, whilst delving deep into bizarre cinematic history. Author and comic artist Robin Bougie takes a dive to the bottom of the cesspool of sexploitation, doing so in a distinctive manner that has made him famous amongst a loyal following of cult film fans. Issues 17 to 20 of this celebrated underground smash magazine are exhaustively revised and collated in this third wild volume, together with an additional 80 pages of never-before-seen interviews, rants, comics, hard-to-find classic movie advertising, and graphic illustrations by Bougie and a host of his talented friends from both the comic book and animation industries. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Running Press, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 314 pages, b&w illustrations. Acclaimed filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau explores the seven films that came to define the De Palma decade-Sisters, Phantom of the Paradise, Obsession, Carrie, The Fury, Dressed to Kill, and Blow Out. Combining film analysis, detailed production histories, and new interviews with De Palma himself, his casts, and collaborators, Bouzereau presents the definitive record on this unrivaled period of cinematic creativity and the emergence of an auteur who would continue to influence filmmaking in the decades that followed. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 272 pages, b&w illustrations. Over the course of her sixty-five-year career, the longest of any female filmmaker, Agnes Varda (19282019) wrote and directed some of the most acclaimed films of her era, from her tour de force Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962), a classic of modernist cinema, to the beloved documentary The Gleaners and I (2000) four decades later. She helped to define the French New Wave, inspired an entire generation of filmmakers, and was recognized with major awards at the Cannes, Berlin, and Venice Film Festivals, as well as an honorary Oscar at the Academy Awards. In this lively biography, former Philadelphia Inquirer film critic Carrie Rickey explores the "complicated passions" that informed Varda's charmed life and indelible work. Rickey traces Varda's three remarkable careers-as still photographer, as filmmaker, and as installation artist. Remainder dot to top edge, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Los Angeles CA, Twentieth Century-Fox, N/A, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, yellow wraps, 135 pages, three-hole punched screenplay, dated November 14 1979 and designated as The Numbered Script (this copy with #37 inside front cover). Final draft was dated December 12, 1979. The 1980 movie that starred Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lilly Tomlin. This draft doesn't mention Patricia Resnick who was given credit as co-screenwriter, Higgins directed. Title lettered on bottom edge, otherwise clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 336 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy. Black & white and color images throughout. Tight copy. Introduction by Martin Scorsese.

Softcover. London, Academy Editions, revised, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages with over 190 illustrations in b&w and full color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Hardcover. New York, NY, Bulfinch, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 271 pages. Hardcover. Color and B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Decorated cover boards, decorated endpapers. Binding tight, pages clean. Spine straight. In beautiful condition. A lavishly illustrated, fun, and informative look at more than 400 films of the decade of the 1970's. Features an interview with Peter Bogdanovich.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Running Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 416 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. George Hurrell is credited as the master of the Hollywood glamour portrait. He photographed every star from Greta Garbo to Humphrey Bogart to Sharon Stone. Written by historian and former Hurrell assistant Mark A. Vieira, George Hurrell's Hollywood is the definitive retrospective. Covers Hurrell's entire career, from his beginnings as a Los Angeles society photographer to his finale as the celebrity photographer who became a celebrity himself. Hundreds of pristine images showcase the photographer's work with Hollywood icons from 1929 to 1992. The text recounts the artist's life, from his childhood to the heyday of his career as a starmaker, through the previously untold stories of his fall from grace and eventual comeback.

Hardcover. US, White Star Publishers, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 616 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to boards. Holographic 3D cover.

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 203 pages, b&w photos. Bright, clean copy in dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 268 pages, illustrated with b&w photos and the author's pen sketches. Dust jacket with light shelf wear, clean copy.

Hardcover. American Icon Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 302 pages, color and b&w photos. In the 1960s, Steve McQueen was the biggest movie star of his generation and one of the coolest men to ever walk the planet. In this book, Greg Laurie follows Steve McQueen's fearless life of fast cars, women, and drugs all the way up to his dramatic life-change and terminal cancer diagnosis. Very good in a bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. Taschen, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow boards, without dj. as issued. (11" X 18") 384 pages, 843 color & b&w illustrations. Text in English, German & French. Wonderful homage to director Billy Wilder's classic comedy. Features ephemera loosely laid-in, including a facsimile of Marilyn Monroe's promptbook showcasing her original notes. Large and heavy production which requires extra shipping upon purchase. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Lexington KY, University Press of Kentucky, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 448 pages. Greta Garbo proclaimed him as her favorite director. Actors, actresses, and even child stars were so at ease under his direction that they were able to deliver inspired and powerful performances. Academy-Award-nominated director Clarence Brown (1890-1987) worked with some of Hollywood's greatest stars, such as Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Mickey Rooney, Katharine Hepburn, and Spencer Tracy. Known as the "star maker," he helped guide the acting career of child sensation Elizabeth Taylor (of whom he once said, "she has a face that is an act of God") and discovered Academy-Award-winning child star Claude Jarman Jr. for The Yearling (1946). He directed more than fifty films, including Possessed (1931), Anna Karenina (1935), National Velvet (1944), and Intruder in the Dust (1949), winning his audiences over with glamorous star vehicles, tales of families, communities, and slices of Americana, as well as hard-hitting dramas. Although Brown was admired by peers like Jean Renoir, Frank Capra, and John Ford, his illuminating work and contributions to classic cinema are rarely mentioned in the same breath as those of Hollywood's great directors. In this first full-length account of the life and career of the pioneering filmmaker, Gwenda Young discusses Brown's background to show how his hardworking parents and resilient grandparents inspired his entrepreneurial spirit. She reveals how the one-time engineer and World War I aviator established a thriving car dealership, the Brown Motor Car Company, in Alabama-only to give it all up to follow his dream of making movies. He would not only become a brilliant director but also a craftsman who was known for his innovative use of lighting and composition.

Hardcover. Geneva, Liber, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Harcover, glazed boards, 120 pages, mostly b&w, some color illustrations. FRENCH TEXT. No dust jacket issued.

Hardcover. NY, Flatiron, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 397 pages. Wasson for the first time peels off layers of myth to provide the true account of its creation. Looming over the story of this classic movie is the imminent eclipse of the '70s filmmaker-friendly studios as they gave way to the corporate Hollywood we know today.

Softcover. Westport CT, Praeger , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 217 pages. B&w illustrations. Stanley Kubrick's name is widely recognizable; he is revered for making films that are entertaining and intellectually stimulating. This volume offers a detailed analysis of his major films beginning with The Killing (1956) and ending with Full Metal Jacket (1987). Students of film as well as the general public will be interested in learning new strategies for watching these extraordinary films, since there are few instructive books on this master filmmaker.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams Press, 2nd pr., 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-fifty-year career is extraordinary: Rocky, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, De-Lovely, The Right Stuff, and Creed. His films have been nominated for fifty-two Academy Awards, including five movies for Best Picture, and have won twelve. In this charming and insightful memoir, Winkler tells the stories of his career through his many films as a producer and then as a writer and director, charting the changes inHollywood over the past decades. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Louisville KY, Touchstone Publishing , 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, unclipped. Griffith's autobiography was never finished (Griffith died in 1948), here edited and annotated by James Hart, who was a friend of the filmmaker late in his life. Griffith was the leading exponent in the 'blockbuster' genre of popular film, but with style. Chronologic listing of his innovative works, all profusely illustrated. Forward by Frank Capra. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Company, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth, stated first edition, 256 pages, b&w photos. "This is the completely fascinating, thorough and dispassionate biography of Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, the Swedish girl who became "one of the great ornaments and excitements of her age." Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson , 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in white boards stamped in gilt. A comprehensive, chronological history surveying over ninety years of fashion on the Oscars red carpet. The red carpet is so much more than fabulous gowns on famous people; it reflects the styles and values of each era and has become a platform to make social statements. Red Carpet Oscars presents over ninety years of fashion worn at the film world's biggest event since its inception in 1929, charting what the stars wore and why. From homemade and preloved dresses to ready-to-wear and haute couture, it tracks the style evolution of Hollywood's leading stars, the commercialization of the red carpet, the emergence of stylists, and the radical shifts that reshaped formal dressing. This comprehensive chronological survey showcases a thousand looks across almost a century. In addition to carefully curated images of the most iconic and inspiring outfits, each year features a short overview, sharing the stories behind the looks and tapping into fashion trends, along with the social and political influences of the time. Fashion writer Dijanna Mulhearn has compiled the ultimate fashion resource that celebrates both the glamour and the impact of one of the most watched red-carpet runways in the world. DUE TO WEIGHT. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Page & Co., 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket with chunks gone from spine. A witty drama critic from the New York Herald-Tribune offers opinions and gossip on the celebrities of the day. 186 pages. Name on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an unclipped, lightly soiled dust jacket. Yellow cloth stamped in purple and black; 370 pages, illustrated with drawings by Leslie Saalburg. Here Gingrich, the publisher of Esquire, shares his feelings on food, automobiles, smoking pipes, violins, haberdashery and a litany of other esoteric subjects.

Hardcover. NY, St Martin's Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 548 pages, b&w illustrations. The book contains a 65 page Filmography, notes and sources and index. Old price sticker on rear of dust jacket, otherwise clean.

Softcover. Surrey UK, FAB Press, 6th pr., 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 192 pages, b&w illustrations. A mind-melting compilation of gonzo writing, illustration and comics about the most insane, sexy, awkward, cheesy, hilarious, upsetting and jaw-dropping movies in the history of film, 'Cinema Sewer' joyously celebrates the sleaziest aspects of the moviegoing experience, whilst delving deep into bizarre cinematic history. Adults only material. Like new copy.

Hardcover. Lanham MD, Vestal Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 226 pages with b&w illustrations. This volume presents "the most complete filmography of Chaney's work ever compiled. For each of the actor's 158 known film appearances, [the author] includes cast and crew lists, plot synopsis, critical comments, and behind-the-scenes information. Complementing the text are 120 photographs, most of which are published here for the first time."

Hardcover. NY, Falcon Enterprises, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, pictorial dust jacket. 148 pages. Numerous b&w illustrations. Rear dust jacket panel with piece gone. Clean copy.

Softcover. Seattle, University of Washington Book Store, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Rare early 26 page analysis of the films of Ms. Gish. Frontispiece portrait of Lillian Gish. Light blue wrappers printed in black within decorative border with same vignette. The author, Edward Wagenknecht (1900-2004), was an American literary critic who also wrote on film. He received his PH.D. in 1932 from the University of Washington, where he taught from 1925 to 1943. This was his first published work. Clean copy.

Softcover. Culver City CA, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Brooksfilms, , N/A, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pale blue wrappers with die-cut window for title, 120 pages, three-hole punched pages held by 2 brads. Title page dated April 9. 1981 indicating an early version. The 1982 film, directed by Richard Benjamin, earned Peter O'Toole an Oscar nomination for his lead role as Alan Swann. Title lettered on bottom edge, otherwise clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 498 pages, index, B&W photos and illustrations culled from studio archives and privste collections, show the image of New York city in the world of film. Clean, bright copy in a dust jacket.