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The Art of Selling Moviesby: John McElwee

The Art of Selling Movies
by: John McElwee

Hardcover. Pittsburgh PA, GoodKnight Books, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The Art of Selling Movies presents the first-ever look at 60 years of newspaper advertising for motion pictures great and small. These ads created by Hollywood and adapted by local and regional exhibitors motivated patrons to leave their homes, part with precious income, and spend time in the dark. Because of the high stakes involved, theater operators used wildly creative means to make that happen. They made movie advertising equal parts art and psychology, appealing to every human instinct (especially sex) in an effort to push product and keep their theatres in business. From the pen-and-ink masterpieces of the 1920s and 30s to location-specific folk art to ad space jam-packed with enticements for every member of the family, The Art of Selling Movies dissects the psyche of the American movie-going public ... and the advertisers seeking to push just the right buttons.

Record # 379562

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Carrie: Screenplay - FIRST REVISED DRAFTby: Cohen, D. Lawrence

Carrie: Screenplay - FIRST REVISED DRAFT
by: Cohen, D. Lawrence

Softcover. Los Angeles, Paul Monash Productions, N/A, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 138 pages, pale blue paper wraps with die-cut screen revealing title, 3-hole punched pages with two brads holding pages. Title page states: adapted from the novel by STEVEN KING (note that STEPHEN KING" is misspelled in this First Draft as "STEVEN KING"). This is an ORIGINAL REVISED FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY. At this point the film, Carrie, was in early development. This was, perhaps, a spec script under the umbrella of Producer Paul Monash. Stamped with logo and address of the Ziegler Ross Agency. This draft has handwritten notations, crossed-out sections, some pages initialed (unreadable) - in xeroxed image, not original. Light overall wear. Number 12 in pencil in corner of title page.

Record # 412273

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Walt Disney's Fantasiaby: John Culhane

Walt Disney's Fantasia
by: John Culhane

Hardcover. NY, Abradale Press, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 222 pages profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Reprint of the 1983 edition published by Abrams. A noted film historian presents an informative look at Disney's innovative animation classic, with more than 170 dazzling illustrations. Clean copy.

Record # 382202

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MOVIE STILL- John Belushi/Saturday Night Live/8x10/BW/1978by: N/A

MOVIE STILL- John Belushi/Saturday Night Live/8x10/BW/1978
by: N/A

NBC Television, 1978, Book: Very Good, One glossy b&w photograph showing Belushi in character as Franklin Roosevelt (left) and the Samauri Swordsman.

Record # 359817

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The Art of Ratatouille by: Paik, Karen/Lasseter, John

The Art of Ratatouille
by: Paik, Karen/Lasseter, John

Hardcover. Chronicle Books, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 160 pages. Explores the artistic vision upon which the film of an ambitious rat was built with a concept art, including storyboards, full-colour pastels, pencil sketches, maquettes, and others. This book includes extensive quotes from the artists and production team and a foreword by director Brad Bird. 300 plates in color.

Record # 378310

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My Favorite Year - Screenplayby: Steinberg, Norman

My Favorite Year - Screenplay
by: Steinberg, Norman

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.

Record # 412262

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For Keeps: 30 Years at the Moviesby: Pauline Kael

For Keeps: 30 Years at the Movies
by: Pauline Kael

Hardcover. NY, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket that has light edgewear. 1291 pages. Pauline Kael was the most respected movie critic from 1965 til her retirement in 1991, and this collection of her best writing demonstrates her eloquence and passion. As well as her witty and incisive reviews, it also includes a long essay on the making of Citizen Kane. Clean.

Record # 378954

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Still Movingby: Higgins, Steven

Still Moving
by: Higgins, Steven

Hardcover. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 375 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. 507 illustrations (108 in color, 399 in duotone). Founded in 1935, The Museum of Modern Art's Department of Film and Media is home to one of the most important moving-image archives in the world. Still Moving: The Film and Media Collections of The Museum of Modern Art marks the first time that MoMA has published a volume dedicated exclusively to these holdings. Drawn primarily from the Museum's vast library of film stills, the nearly 500 images in this book represent just a fraction of the department's renowned archive, including one of the world's most important collections of international silent cinema; classic early sound films from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Japan; extensive holdings of documentary and animation shorts and feature films; significant examples of Hollywood filmmaking from studios such as Warner Brothers, RKO, MGM, Twentieth Century-Fox, and Paramount; and more recent works by leading independent and avant-garde film and media artists.

Record # 350455

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The Lady From The Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrickby: O'Meara, Mallory

The Lady From The Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
by: O'Meara, Mallory

Hardcover. Ontario CA, Hanover Square Press, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrick--one of Disney's first female animators and the only woman in history to create one of Hollywood's classic movie monsters As a teenager, Mallory O'Meara was thrilled to discover that one of her favorite movies, Creature from the Black Lagoon , featured a monster designed by a woman, Milicent Patrick. But for someone who should have been hailed as a pioneer in the genre, there was little information available. For, as O'Meara soon discovered, Patrick's contribution had been claimed by a jealous male colleague, her career had been cut short and she soon after had disappeared from film history. No one even knew if she was still alive. As a young woman working in the horror film industry, O'Meara set out to right the wrong, and in the process discovered the full, fascinating story of an ambitious, artistic woman ahead of her time. Patrick's contribution to special effects proved to be just the latest chapter in a remarkable, unconventional life, from her youth growing up in the shadow of Hearst Castle, to her career as one of Disney's first female animators. And at last, O'Meara discovered what really had happened to Patrick after The Creature's success, and where she went. A true-life detective story and a celebration of a forgotten feminist trailblazer, Mallory O'Meara's The Lady from the Black Lagoon establishes Patrick in her rightful place in film history while calling out a Hollywood culture where little has changed since.

Record # 380937

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Homicide: A Screenplayby: Mamet, David

Homicide: A Screenplay
by: Mamet, David

Hardcover. New York, Grove Weidenfeld, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, laminated boards, 126 pages. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853050

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Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Tradeby: Goldman, William

Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade
by: Goldman, William

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. If you want to know why a no-name like Kathy Bates was cast in Misery, it's in here. Or why Linda Hunt's brilliant work in Maverick didn't make the final cut, William Goldman gives you the straight truth. Why Clint Eastwood loves working with Gene Hackman and how MTV has changed movies for the worse, William Goldman, one of the most successful screenwriters in Hollywood today, tells all he knows. Devastatingly eye-opening and endlessly entertaining. Clean copy.

Record # 382215

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My Lunches with Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Wellesby:  Peter Biskind (Ed.)

My Lunches with Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles
by: Peter Biskind (Ed.)

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 306 pages. There have long been rumors of a lost cache of tapes containing private conversations between Orson Welles and his friend the director Henry Jaglom, recorded over regular lunches in the years before Welles died. The tapes, gathering dust in a garage, did indeed exist, and this book reveals for the first time what they contain. Here is Welles as he has never been seen before: talking intimately, disclosing personal secrets, reflecting on the highs and lows of his astonishing career, the people he knew-FDR, Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, Laurence Olivier, David Selznick, Rita Hayworth, and more-and the many disappointments of his last years. This is the great director unplugged, free to be irreverent and worse-sexist, homophobic, racist, or none of the above- because he was nothing if not a fabulator and provocateur. Ranging from politics to literature to the shortcomings of his friends and the many films he was still eager to launch, Welles is at once cynical and romantic, sentimental and raunchy, but never boring and always wickedly funny.

Record # 374719

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Charles Laughton/ An Intimate Biographyby: Higham, Charles

Charles Laughton/ An Intimate Biography
by: Higham, Charles

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday , 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Introduction by Elsa Lanchester. Previous owner's signature front end paper. Dust jacket edgewear, chips.

Record # 11341

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Art & Film (Art and Design Profiles)by: Academy

Art & Film (Art and Design Profiles)
by: Academy

Softcover. US, Wiley-Academy, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 92 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light shelf-wear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464706

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Rock Star Chic: The Dark Side of High Fashionby: Farameh, Editor) Patrice (Author

Rock Star Chic: The Dark Side of High Fashion
by: Farameh, Editor) Patrice (Author

Hardcover. US, The Curated Collection, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 224 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. A visual journey of over 300 photographs with fashion's most cutting-edge photographers, designers and stylists exposes the ominously beautiful obsession with the bad boy aesthetic and reveals what draws us into the darkness, providing a daring testament to the love affair with the gloomy, sultry side of Rock 'n' Roll. Divided into five chapters that explore the different dark sides of high fashion: Dark Angel, Vamp Glam, Tribal Nomad, Hard Rock, and Future Punk.

Record # 363322

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Humphrey Bogart (SIGNED BY BENCHLEY)by: Nathaniel Benchley

Humphrey Bogart (SIGNED BY BENCHLEY)
by: Nathaniel Benchley

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.

Record # 383324

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From Caligari to California: Eric Pommer's Life in the International Film Warsby: Hardt, Ursula

From Caligari to California: Eric Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars
by: Hardt, Ursula

Softcover. Providence RI, Berghahn Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 256 pages. Known as one of the great producers and promoters of the film industry, Eric Pommer had a life-long commitment to German film - despite his emigration in 1933 - and worked in France and Britian, as well as the United States. As German producer, studio executive, and film politician in the pre-Hitler era Erich (later Eric) Pommer (1889-1966), a native of Germany, was an innovator and pioneer, a vital force in leading German cinema to international acclaim with successes such as The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, The Nibelungen and The Blue Angel. As Motion Picture Control Officer of the US Military Government he undertook , from 1946-49, the difficult task of rebuilding West Germany's film industry from the ashes of the Second World War. He succeeded brilliantly, but not without paying the hefty price of becoming embroiled in the turmoil of postwar German politics which made him many friends, but also many enemies. This book is the first detailed account in English of the remarkable career of Pommer who became a legend in his own lifetime. Clean copy.

Record # 384496

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Grierson on Documentaryby: Hardy, Forsyth (Ed.)

Grierson on Documentary
by: Hardy, Forsyth (Ed.)

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn, chipped dust jacket. 324 pages with index. A collection of the film writings of the pioneer British documentarian John Grierson. Clean copy.

Record # 384816

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Chekhov 1860-1904 by: Laffitte, Sophie; translated by Moura Budberg and Gordon Latta

Chekhov 1860-1904
by: Laffitte, Sophie; translated by Moura Budberg and Gordon Latta

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st US, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 246 pages, b&w illustrations. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 384841

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The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler's Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywoodby: Donna Rifkind

The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler's Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood
by: Donna Rifkind

Softcover. Other Press, reprint, 2021, Softcover, 550 pages, b&w illustrations. The little-known story of screenwriter Salka Viertel, whose salons in 1930s and 40s Hollywood created a refuge for a multitude of famous figures who had escaped the horrors of World War ll. Hollywood was created by its "others"; that is, by women, Jews, and immigrants. Salka Viertel was all three and so much more. She was the screenwriter for five of Greta Garbo's movies and also her most intimate friend. At one point during the Irving Thalberg years, Viertel was the highest-paid writer on the MGM lot. Meanwhile, at her house in Santa Monica she opened her door on Sunday afternoons to scores of European emigres who had fled from Hitler--such as Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, and Arnold Schoenberg--along with every kind of Hollywood star, from Charlie Chaplin to Shelley Winters. In Viertel's living room (the only one in town with comfortable armchairs, said one Hollywood insider), countless cinematic, theatrical, and musical partnerships were born. Clean copy.

Record # 385400

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Swanson on Swanson: An Autobiography (With original family photo from 1966)by: Gloria Swanson

Swanson on Swanson: An Autobiography (With original family photo from 1966)
by: Gloria Swanson

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket that has light edgewear and chipping. A 4 1/2" X 6 1/2" color photo laid in, depicts Gloria Swanson surrounded by family members on Christmas Eve, 1966 (per pencil handwritten note on rear/ NOT in Swanson's hand). Book was a gift to a family friend after the actress's death in 1983. A thank you note from her daughter (Gloria Daly) is taped to prelim page addressed to Helen and Homer.

Record # 387619

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The Secret Life of Tyrone Powerby: Hector Arce

The Secret Life of Tyrone Power
by: Hector Arce

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, 3rd pr., 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 317 pages, b&w photos. This book is a revelation of the fate of a bisexual living part of his life covertly and part of it in the glaring Hollywood lime-light. Here are his complicated romances with Lana Turner, Judy Garland, and Linda Christian, as well as clandestine affairs with members of the same sex.

Record # 396381

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The Dame in the Kimono. Hollywood Censorship and the Production Code by: Leff, Leonard J. & Simmons, Jerold L.

The Dame in the Kimono. Hollywood Censorship and the Production Code
by: Leff, Leonard J. & Simmons, Jerold L.

Softcover. Lexington KY, University Press of Kentucky, 2nd Ed., 2001, Softcover, 377 pages. The first part of the book deals with the production code as it existed from 1922-34 with the introduction of figures such as Will Hays, Mae West and Joe Breen. The second part deals with the administration of the production code from 1934-66. Specific detail is given on the movies Dead End; Gone With the Wind; The Outlaw and The Postman Always Rings Twice; The Bicycle Thief; Detective Story and A Streetcar Named Desire; The Moon is Blue and The French Line; Lolita and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. This second edition is updated to include the introduction of the PG-13 and NC-17 ratings of the 1990s. Mild wear to covers, clean.

Record # 382219

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Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Lightby: Patrick McGilligan

Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light
by: Patrick McGilligan

Hardcover. NY, Regan Books/HarperCollins, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. 850 pages, b&w illustrations. This comprehensive biography of one of the most notorious film directors in history is a remarkably thorough and balanced portrayal of a complicated, brilliant man. Iit follows "Hitch" from his humble beginnings as a greengrocer's son in England, a sensitive and reserved boy who somehow still had the charisma to amass an enormous network of friends and colleagues, to his domination of the American film industry. His fascination with murder and the psychology of killers began early in life, as the slightly-eccentric Hitchcock family enjoyed lively dinner discussions about famous villains of their day: Dr. Crippen, Jack the Ripper, and Adelaide Bartlett, among others. One of the gems of this book is the inclusion of a treasury of early short stories Hitchcock wrote for The Telegraph, as well as an extensive filmography, which alone is 100 pages long! It's also heavily sprinkled with entertaining anecdotes and references from and about the actors, writers and musicians he worked with on every film: his deep friendship with Ingrid Bergman, teaching Gregory Peck about wine, falling out with Tippi Hedren, battles with the Selznicks, collaborations with writers like John Steinbeck and Ray Bradbury, and much more.

Record # 378931

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The Disney Filmsby: Maltin, Leonard

The Disney Films
by: Maltin, Leonard

Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, 3rd pr., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. 312 pages, many b&w illustrations. An attractive copy of Maltin's encyclopedic companion to Disney's work.

Record # 382196

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Postillion Struck by Lightning, A - A Memoirby: Bogarde, Dirk

Postillion Struck by Lightning, A - A Memoir
by: Bogarde, Dirk

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.

Record # 358580

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Hustons, The
by: Grobel, Lawrence

Hardcover. New York, Scribner's, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 5410

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FOUR MOVIE STILLS-Roy Scheider, Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking/ All That Jazz/all 8x10 BWby: N/A

FOUR MOVIE STILLS-Roy Scheider, Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking/ All That Jazz/all 8x10 BW
by: N/A

Columbia Pictures, 1979, Book: Very Good, Four b&w glossy photos from the hit Bob Fosse production.

Record # 359802

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Best Movies of the 70'sby: N/A

Best Movies of the 70's
by: N/A

Hardcover. London, Taschen, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Adhesive residue on rear dust jacket, otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color and black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 352567

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Burns, Falls and Crashes:Interviews with Movie Stunt Performersby: Wiener, David J.

Burns, Falls and Crashes:Interviews with Movie Stunt Performers
by: Wiener, David J.

Hardcover. Jefferson, NC, McFarland & Company, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 166 pages plus index. Near fine in the publisher's red boards with white spine and upper board lettering. Issued without a dust jacket.

Record # 374502

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Bebe. The Films of Brigitte Bardotby: Crawley, Tony

Bebe. The Films of Brigitte Bardot
by: Crawley, Tony

Softcover. NY, The Citadel Press, 3rd pr., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 256 pages. illustrated in black-and-white featuring many stills. The book includes a biography, and a filmography.

Record # 372404

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Beating the Odds: The Untold Story Behind the Rise of ABC : The Stars, Struggles, and Egos That Transformed Network Television by the Man Who Made Iby: Goldenson, Leo

Beating the Odds: The Untold Story Behind the Rise of ABC : The Stars, Struggles, and Egos That Transformed Network Television by the Man Who Made I
by: Goldenson, Leo

Hardcover. NY, Scribner, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 495 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Goldenson was an unsung giant of the entertainment industry. He learned from Zukor and Balaban at Paramount, interacted with Sarnoff and Paley, and built a great company against great odds and all-powerful competition. That took great creativity. Any leader could learn a great deal from this man. The book is honest, humble, and very well-written. It is worth the price alone for his insights into the other moguls.

Record # 462580

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Clarence Brown: Hollywood's Forgotten Master by: Gwenda Young and Kevin Brownlow

Clarence Brown: Hollywood's Forgotten Master
by: Gwenda Young and Kevin Brownlow

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.

Record # 372019

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Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, Aby: Scorsese, Martin And Wilson, Michael Henry

Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, A
by: Scorsese, Martin And Wilson, Michael Henry

Hardcover. NY, Miramax/Hyperion, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 191 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.Profusely illustrated with black and white film stills. With a knowledgeable text by the director and film historian. Clean.

Record # 358592

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Nobody's Perfect - Billy Wilder - A Personal Biographyby: Chandler, Charlotte

Nobody's Perfect - Billy Wilder - A Personal Biography
by: Chandler, Charlotte

Hardcover. New York , Simon & Schuster , 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. B&w photos, 352 pages. Remainder line to bottom edge.

Record # 176745

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Arthur Jacobson: Interviewed by Irene Kahn Atkins (Directors Guild of America Oral History) by: Atkins, Irene Kahn

Arthur Jacobson: Interviewed by Irene Kahn Atkins (Directors Guild of America Oral History)
by: Atkins, Irene Kahn

Metuchen NJ, Scarecrow Press, 1st, 1991, Hardcover, 242 pages, b&w photos. Extensive interview with a veteran assistant director (who actually started out as a cameraman) whose career stretched over six decades, from 1918 to 1970. During the studio era he worked largely at Paramount and then 20th Century-Fox. Fun fact: He was also one of Clara Bow's boyfriends. No dust jacket issued.

Record # 358413

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Raul Ruiz's Cinema of Inquiry by: Marinescu, Andreea (Editor), and Lopez-Vicuna, Ignacio (Editor)

Raul Ruiz's Cinema of Inquiry
by: Marinescu, Andreea (Editor), and Lopez-Vicuna, Ignacio (Editor)

Softcover. Detroit MI, Wayne State University Press , 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 260 pages, b/w illustrations. INSCRIBED BY LOPEZ-VICUNA, the co-editor.

Record # 370227

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Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Movemakingby: Rocky Lang and Barbara Hall

Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Movemaking
by: Rocky Lang and Barbara Hall

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 352 pages. Rare notes, memos, and telegrams from Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Jane Fonda, and more. Letters from Hollywood reproduces in full color scores of entertaining and insightful pieces of correspondence from some of the most notable and talented film industry names of all time--from the silent era to the golden age, and up through the pre-email days of the 1970s. Culled from libraries, archives, and personal collections, the 135 letters, memos, and telegrams are organized chronologically and are annotated by the authors to provide backstories and further context. While each piece reveals a specific moment in time, taken together, the letters convey a bigger picture of Hollywood history. Contributors include celebrities like Greta Garbo, Alfred Hitchcock, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Elia Kazan, Cary Grant, Francis Ford Coppola, Tom Hanks, and Jane Fonda.

Record # 371149

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Cut: The Unseen Cinema by: Philips, Baxter

Cut: The Unseen Cinema
by: Philips, Baxter

Hardcover. NY, Bounty Books , 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A study of censorship in the cinema. Many illustrations, a few in color. 112 pages. Small ink note on half-title page, otherwise clean.

Record # 378091

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Carrie: Screenplay - FIRST DRAFTby: Larry Cohen, Paul Monash, Stephen King

Carrie: Screenplay - FIRST DRAFT
by: Larry Cohen, Paul Monash, Stephen King

Softcover. Los Angeles, Paul Monash, N/A, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 141 pages, 3-hole punched pages but blue cover gone, back present. Two brads holding pages. Title page states: ADAPTED from the NOVEL by STEVEN KING (note that STEPHEN KING" is misspelled in this First Draft as "STEVEN KING"). This is an ORIGINAL FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY. At this point the film, Carrie, was in early development. This was, perhaps, a spec script under the umbrella of Producer Paul Monash. Stamped with logo and address of the Ziegler Ross Agency.

Record # 412258

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FILMFAX Movie & TV Magazine #12 October 1988 FN+ 6.5 Man From Planet X/Bat Whispersby: N/A

FILMFAX Movie & TV Magazine #12 October 1988 FN+ 6.5 Man From Planet X/Bat Whispers
by: N/A

Softcover. Evanston IL, Filmfax, 1988, Book: Very Good, Softcover magazine, 66 pages, stapled, b&w illustrations. Classic PRC Film Noir Filmfax; The Fantasy Films of Edgar G. Ulmer; Featuring "The Man From Planet X"; Interview with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. on Early Hollywood; Forrest J Ackerman on "The Bat Whispers", a Golden Age Mystery; Looking back at Tod Browning's "Freaks"; and More! Clean copy.

Record # 384402

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Clown Alley by: Ballantine, Bill

Clown Alley
by: Ballantine, Bill

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Company, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and chipped dust jacket. The dean of Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus' Clown College tells the story of the school and of his life as a clown. 400 pages, b&w drawings by Ballantine. Fading to dust jacket spine.

Record # 384806

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Toys of a Lifetimeby: Gingrich, Arnold

Toys of a Lifetime
by: Gingrich, Arnold

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.

Record # 384836

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The Good, the Bad, and Me; In My Anecdotage by: Eli Wallach

The Good, the Bad, and Me; In My Anecdotage
by: Eli Wallach

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Inc., 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 312 pages, b&w illustrations. This is the extraordinary story of Eli Wallach's many years dedicated to his acting craft which began in Brooklyn and grew in his college years in Texas. He has worked with many of the stars in movies and has been in many well-known movies, but he will always be remembered as a Western badman in the Spaghetti Westerns of the 60s and 70s. Clean copy.

Record # 384874

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The Godfather Family Album/40th Anniversary Edition by: Steve Schapiro

The Godfather Family Album/40th Anniversary Edition
by: Steve Schapiro

Hardcover. Taschen , reprint, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. As special photographer on the sets and locations of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy, Steve Schapiro had the remarkable experience of witnessing legendary actors giving some of their most memorable performances. Schapiro immortalized Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton in photos that have since become iconic images, instantly recognizable and endlessly imitated. Gathered together in this book are Schapiro's finest photographs from all three Godfather films, lovingly reproduced from the original negatives. With contextual essays and interviews covering the trilogy in its entirety, this book contains over 300 color and black-and-white images. Schapiro's images take us behind the scenes of this epic and inimitable cinematic saga, revealing the director's working process, capturing the moods and personalities involved, and providing insight into the making of movie history. This book is a smaller edition of the 2010 Taschen edition. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 387693

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Secrets of the Force: The Complete Uncensored Unauthorized Oral History of Star Wars by: Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman

Secrets of the Force: The Complete Uncensored Unauthorized Oral History of Star Wars
by: Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. For the past four decades, no film saga has touched the world in the way that Star Wars has, capturing the imaginations of filmgoers and filmmakers alike. Now, for the first time ever, Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, the bestselling authors of The Fifty-Year Mission, are telling the entire story of this blockbuster franchise from the very beginning in a single exhaustive volume. Featuring the commentaries of hundreds of actors and filmmakers involved with and impacted by Star Wars, as well as writers, commentators, critics, executives, authors, film historians, toy experts and many more, Secrets of the Force, will reveal all in Altman and Gross's critically acclaimed oral history format from the birth of the original film through the latest sequels and the new televisions series. 550 pages. Clean copy.

Record # 387576

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Absence of Malice: an Original Screenplayby: Luedtke, Kurt

Absence of Malice: an Original Screenplay
by: Luedtke, Kurt

Softcover. Burbank CA, Mirage Productions, 1st, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 134 pages, printed on 3-hole punched paper and bound with one brass brad and reinforced with tape on the spine. Plain blue paper wraps with title hand-printed on front, on spine tape and bottom edge. No indicated draft but dated September 15, 1980. This was copy #16 distributed, as lettered on title page in corner. The 1981 film was directed by Sydney Pollack and starred Paul Newman and Sally Field. Luedtke won an Academy Award nomination for screenplay written directly for the screenplay.

Record # 412939

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Still Movingby: Higgins, Steven

Still Moving
by: Higgins, Steven

Hardcover. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 375 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. 507 illustrations (108 in color, 399 in duotone).

Record # 354063

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Focal Encyclopedia of Film and Television Techniques, The by: Spottiswoode, Raymond (Ed.)

Focal Encyclopedia of Film and Television Techniques, The
by: Spottiswoode, Raymond (Ed.)

Hardcover. NY, Hastings House, 1st , 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 1,100 pages. Large, heavy hardcover. Black & white diagrams and illustrations throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Some wear to price-clipped dust jacket. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 200162

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Zapata!by: Steinbeck, John

Zapata!
by: Steinbeck, John

Hardcover. London, Heinemann, 1st US, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 251 pages. Hardcover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612203

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