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Outlaw Animation: Cutting-Edge Cartoons from the Spike and Mike Festivalsby: Beck, Jerry

Outlaw Animation: Cutting-Edge Cartoons from the Spike and Mike Festivals
by: Beck, Jerry

Softcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 160 pages. An entertaining collection celebrating the work of cutting-edge animation filmmakers features frame grabs, production stills, original artwork, behind-the-scenes photographs, and interviews from twenty-five years of teh Spike & Mike Festival of Animation, with works by Nick Park and Peter Lord of Aardman, John Lasseter, Craig McCracken, Mike Judge, and others.

Record # 362549

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The Serpent's Egg by: Ingmar Bergman, Photographer: Lars Looschen, Translator: Alan Blair

The Serpent's Egg
by: Ingmar Bergman, Photographer: Lars Looschen, Translator: Alan Blair

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.

Record # 372844

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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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A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting and Filmmakingby: Samuel Fuller

A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting and Filmmaking
by: Samuel Fuller

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 592 pages, b&w illustrations. Samuel Fuller, independent director-producer extraordinaire, tells the story of his life, a life that spanned most of the twentieth century. His twenty-nine tough, gritty pictures made from 1949 to 1989 set out to capture the truth of war, racism, and human frailties, and incorporate some of his own experiences. He writes of his years in the newspaper business--selling papers as a boy on the streets of New York, working for Hearst's New York Journal American, first as a copyboy, then as personal runner for the famous Hearst editor in chief Arthur Brisbane. His film Park Row was inspired by his years as a reporter for the New York Evening Graphic, where his beat included murders, suicides, state executions, and race riots--he scooped every other New York paper with his coverage of the death by drug overdose of the legendary Jeanne Eagels. Fuller talks about directing his first picture (he also wrote the script), I Shot Jesse James . . . and how, as a result, he was sought after by every major studio, choosing to work for Darryl Zanuck of Twentieth Century Fox. We see him becoming one of the most prolific, independent-minded writer-directors, turning out seven pictures in six years, among them Pickup on South Street, House of Bamboo, and China Gate. He writes about making Underworld U.S.A., a movie that shows how gangsters in the 1960s were no longer seen as thugs but as "respected" tax-paying executives . . . about the making of the movie Shock Corridor--about a journalist trying to solve a murder in a lunatic asylum--which exposed the conditions in mental institutions . . . and about White Dog (written in collaboration with Curtis Hanson), a film so controversial that Paramount's then studio heads, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Michael Eisner, refused to release it. Clean copy.

Record # 378530

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Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinemaby: Vanessa Harryhausen

Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema
by: Vanessa Harryhausen

Softcover. Edinburgh, National Galleries Of Scotland, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Special-effects superstar Ray Harryhausen elevated stop-motion animation to an art during the 1950s to 1980s. With material drawn from his incredible archive, his daughter, Vanessa, selects 100 creatures and objects, in chronological order, that meant the most to her as she watched her father make world-famous films that changed the course of cinema. Ray Harryhausen's work included the Sinbad films of the 50s and 70s, One Million Years B.C. and Mighty Joe Young, as well as a wider portfolio including children's fairy tales and commercials. He inspired a generation of film-makers such as Peter Jackson, Aardman Animation, Tim Burton, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, and his influence on blockbuster cinema can be felt to this day. Some of the objects featured in the book, such as Talos from Jason and the Argonauts, are world famous, while others are less well known but hold special personal significance to Vanessa. Many newly restored works that have never previously been seen are included.

Record # 379940

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Max Headroom, 20 Minutes Into The Futureby: Roberts, Steve

Max Headroom, 20 Minutes Into The Future
by: Roberts, Steve

Softcover. NY, Random House, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, unpaginated. Color throughout. Max Headroom, as you may remember, is the hipper alter ego of Edison Carter (Matt Frewer) and his adventures in the future. Carter is a top notch tv reporter, the lovely Theora Ward, the controller, is played by the lovely Amanda Pays. The show gives you a dark smoky view of the future - and this book, the starting movie of the series, replicates that look It has the script from the movie, as well as action shots. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 382069

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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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Walt Disney's Treasury of Cartoon Classicsby: Darlene Geis [Editor]

Walt Disney's Treasury of Cartoon Classics
by: Darlene Geis [Editor]

Hardcover. NY, Disney Press, 1st thus, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 248 pages. A new edition of a book first published by Abrams in 1981 as "Walt Disney's Treasury of Silly Symphonies". The Silly Symphonies were a series of 76 cartoon shorts produced by the Disney Studio between 1929 and 1939. In 1932. one of them became the first ever animated short film produced in color, and over the years eight of them won Academy Awards. This book features 19 of the stories, illustrated with reproductions from the films, and includes an introductory piece, "The Silly Symphonies - How They Came to Be", and a Filmography of the 76 cartoons. Clean copy.

Record # 383297

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Darlings of Dress: Children's Costume 1860-1920by: Shephard, Norma

Darlings of Dress: Children's Costume 1860-1920
by: Shephard, Norma

Hardcover. Atglen PA, Schiffer Fashion Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. This nostalgic look at children's costume, from 1860 to 1920, reveals diverse cultural influences on its manufacture and design. More than 300 historic photographs, fashion plates, and selections from vintage catalogs and magazines, plus 115 color images, show examples of costume and accessories. See infants in period dress plus school-aged and teen fads and trends. Learn about the history of clothing use and development, fabric types, conservation and storage of textiles, and artistic inspiration, all arranged by decade. All types of clothing are represented, including christening gowns; boys' breeches, knickerbockers, and sack suits; swimwear and underwear; bloomers and blouses; fur, feather boas, and frocks; sailor suits and uniforms; collars and belts; capes and hoods; lingerie and dresses; sweaters and cardigans; overalls; and many more. Whether you are interested in clothing children wore in 1920 or to church in the Victorian era, this reference is a fun and evocative collection. Clean copy.

Record # 384770

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Minutes of the Last Meetingby: Gene Fowler

Minutes of the Last Meeting
by: Gene Fowler

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press , 3rd pr., 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket. The misadventures of the author, W. C. Fields, John Barrymore and John Decker in attempting to write the biography of the colorful Hollywood character, Sadakichi Hartmann. Clean copy.

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Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiographyby: Robert Graves

Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography
by: Robert Graves

Hardcover. NY, Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 3rd. pr., 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth boards with publishers emblem stamped front and back, 430 pages. Autobiography of famed British poet and novelist Robert Graves. Much on his experiences in WW1 but also of his childhood, experiences in school & later married life. Stated third [American] printing (before publication), published a few weeks earlier in the UK. Mild shelf wear, spine gilt lettering faded, clean copy. No dust jacket.

Record # 384839

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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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Cinema Sewer Volume 1: The Adults Only Guide to History's Sickest and Sexiest Movies! by: Bougie, Robin (Ed.)

Cinema Sewer Volume 1: The Adults Only Guide to History's Sickest and Sexiest Movies!
by: Bougie, Robin (Ed.)

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.

Record # 387356

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The Films of Lon Chaneyby: Michael F. Blake

The Films of Lon Chaney
by: Michael F. Blake

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."

Record # 387949

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Those Glamorous Gabors: Bombshells from Budapestby: Darwin Porter

Those Glamorous Gabors: Bombshells from Budapest
by: Darwin Porter

Softcover. NY, Blood Moon, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 752 pages, b&w illustrations. Born in Central Europe during the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, three "vonderful vimmen"--Zsa Zsa, Eva, and Magda Gabor--transferred their glittery dreams and gold-digging ambitions to Hollywood. They supplemented America's most Imperial Age with "guts, glamour, and goulash," and reigned there as the Hungarian equivalents of Helen of Troy, Madame du Barry, and Madame de Pompadour. More effectively than any army, these Bombshells from Budapest conquered kings, dukes, and princes, always with a special passion for millionaires, as they amassed fortunes, broke hearts, and amused sophisticated voyeurs on two continents. With their wit, charm, and beauty, thanks to training inspired by the glittering traditions of the Imperial Habsburgs, they became famous for being famous. Clean copy.

Record # 398826

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Art of Pocahontas, Theby: Rebello, Steven

Art of Pocahontas, The
by: Rebello, Steven

Hardcover. NY, Hyperion/Disney Editions, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Light wear to edges of dust jacket, else like new. Beautiful & quite lavish book on the making of the Disney full length animated feature. Illustrated with 400 color & b&w drawings, sketches & artwork including an acetate overlay & storyboards.

Record # 450136

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Agee on Film - 2 Volumesby: Agee, James

Agee on Film - 2 Volumes
by: Agee, James

Hardcover. New York, McDowell, Obolensky, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Volume 1 - 432 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings by Tomi Ungerer. Dust jacket worn with chipping and small tears along edges. Clean, tight copy. Volume 2 - 488 pages. Dust jacket with light rubbing and small closed tears along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608593

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Goldwyn - A Biographyby: Berg, A. Scott

Goldwyn - A Biography
by: Berg, A. Scott

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Black & white photos. 579 pages. A massive and well-researched biography of one of the most powerful and influential men in Hollywood, from his days as a poor Polish immigrant through his steady climb to prominence. Photographs, notes, and sources, index.

Record # 58382

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Roman Polanski: A Retrospectiveby: Greenberg, James

Roman Polanski: A Retrospective
by: Greenberg, James

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 288 pages. Large format, profusely illustrated review of Polanski's films, from Knife in the Water (1962) to Carnage (2011). Over 200 color and black-and-white images.Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 350624

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Walt Disney Studios, The: A Lot to Rememberby: Rebecca Cline, Steven B. Clark

Walt Disney Studios, The: A Lot to Remember
by: Rebecca Cline, Steven B. Clark

Hardcover. New York, Disney Editions, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 164 pages, large format. Illustrated in color and b&w. Abundantly illustrated with behind-the-scenes photographs and artwork from the studio's ninety-plus years of productions, The Walt Disney Studios: A Lot to Remember celebrates Walt Disney's dream factory, which has always been and continues to be the heart of The Walt Disney Company.

Record # 353221

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Anita Loos: A Biographyby: Carey, Gary

Anita Loos: A Biography
by: Carey, Gary

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 331 pages, b&w illustrations. Very good in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 358406

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If They Move... Kill 'Em! : The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah by: Weddle, David

If They Move... Kill 'Em! : The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah
by: Weddle, David

Hardcover. NY, Grove Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 578 pages, b&w photos. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Remainder line on top edge, otherwise clean. The first major biography of David Samuel Peckinpah, who began writing scripts for Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, and The Westerner and went on to direct phenomenal films such as Riding the High Country, Straw Dogs, The Getaway, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and The Wild Bunch.

Record # 358586

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Spiegel: The Man Behind the Pictures                        by: Sinclair, Andrew

Spiegel: The Man Behind the Pictures
by: Sinclair, Andrew

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 162 pages, b&w photos. Biography of the producer who made four great movies: On the Waterfront; African Queen; Bridge on the River Kwai; and Lawrence of Arabia and lots of mediocrities. Most successful when he assembled talent and let them work, he became controlling and destructive. Very good in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 359470

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Vanessa Del Rio: Fifty Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior/With DVDby: Hanson, Dian

Vanessa Del Rio: Fifty Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior/With DVD
by: Hanson, Dian

Hardcover. Taschen, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, In this sumptuous over-sized volume, Taschen celebrates a remarkably candid, confident and exuberantly sexual woman: the Latina porn star Vanessa Del Rio. Presented through Vanessa's own archive, in her own words, is a life at once shocking, titillating, amusing, and inspiring. And because paper and ink can't do justice to a personality this big, an original 140 minute DVD documentary is included. First Trade Edition. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 360539

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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 # 372023

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Modern European Filmmakers and the Art of Adaptationby: Andrew S. Horton & Joan Magretta

Modern European Filmmakers and the Art of Adaptation
by: Andrew S. Horton & Joan Magretta

NY, Frederick Unger, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 383 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean copy.

Record # 374712

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Saturday Night Liveby: Anne Beatts and John Head

Saturday Night Live
by: Anne Beatts and John Head

Softcover. NY, Avon Books, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial green wrappers, 124 pages. Black/white photos and illustrations. Reproductions of skit scripts and other ephemera from the early years of the TV show. Small notation on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Record # 378080

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Show Us Life: Toward a History and Aesthetics of the Committed Documentary by: Waugh, Thomas (Ed.)

Show Us Life: Toward a History and Aesthetics of the Committed Documentary
by: Waugh, Thomas (Ed.)

Hardcover. Metuchen NJ, Scarecrow Press], 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-red cloth with white lettering, no dust jacket issued. 508 pages. Text illustrations. Study covers period between Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera and documentary-movement associated with the Sandanista Revolution. This anthology of 25 articles is both historical and cross- cultural, covering the pioneering period of the twenties and thirties and the dynamic growth of committed documentary since the sixties; recent feminist initiatives in North America and Britain; committed documentary in the Third World over the last 25 years; the use of film within the American 'New Left;' and the particular problematic of radical film distribution. Contributors include such well-known activists and scholars as Joan Braderman, Julianne Burton, Guy Hennebelle, John Hess, Claire Johnstone, E. Ann Kaplan, Chuck Kleinhans, Julia Lesage, Steve Neale, Bill Nichols, Anand Patwardhan, and Paul Willemen. Filmmakers and collectives discussed include Dziga Vertov, Joris Ivens, Jean Renoir, Frontier Films, Newsreel, Chris Marker, Barbara Kopple, JoAnn Elam, Michelle Citron, Shinsuke Ogawa, Fernando Birri, Patricio Guzman, Santiago Alvarez, Fernando Solanas, Jean-Luc Godard, Anand Patwardhan, and the Nicaraguan Studio 'Incine.'Clean copy.

Record # 379013

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A Siegel Film: An Autobiographyby: Siegel Don; Eastwood Clint Foreword

A Siegel Film: An Autobiography
by: Siegel Don; Eastwood Clint Foreword

London/NY, Faber & Faber, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, edgeworn dust jacket that has a closed 2" tear along spine. 500 pages, b&w illustrations. Don Siegel was one of Hollywood's most controversial directors. Invasion of the Body Snatchers is one of the very few acknowledged science-fiction classics, and Magnum Force - with its catch-phrase 'Make my day' - has become part of our modern consciousness. Siegel's five-film collaboration with Clint Eastwood created a body of films that are as distinctive as they are different, and enriched the reputation of both of them. This autobiography has all the fun and energy one would expect from Don Siegel. From his first days as an assistant editor in the Warner Brothers cutting rooms, Siegel charts his rich and varied career. This is a wonderful book of reminiscences, told in a lively and vivid style, whose cast of characters includes John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen, Bogart and Bacall, studio head Jack Warner and other luminaries of the golden age of the Hollywood studios (including a fading film star called Ronald Reagan, whose last film, The Killers, was directed by Siegel). At the centre of the book is Siegel's relationship with Clint Eastwood, whose directing career was encouraged by Siegel, and who supplies an amusing and appreciative foreword to the book. No markings.

Record # 381811

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The Man Who Invented Hollywood: The Autobiography of D.W. Griffith by: Hart, James /Ed.

The Man Who Invented Hollywood: The Autobiography of D.W. Griffith
by: Hart, James /Ed.

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.

Record # 382212

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Hitchcock's British Films by: Yacowar, Maurice

Hitchcock's British Films
by: Yacowar, Maurice

Softcover. Detroit, Wayne State University, reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 280 pages. Originally published in 1977 and long out of print, Maurice Yacowar's Hitchcock's British Films was the first volume devoted solely to the twenty-three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock in his native England before he came to the United States. As such, it was the first book to challenge the assumption that Hitchcock's 'mature' period in Hollywood, from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, represented the director's best work. In this traditional auteurist examination of Hitchcock's early work, author Maurice Yacowar considers Hitchcock's British films in chronological order, reads the composition of individual shots and scenes in each, and pays special attention to the films' verbal effects.Yacowar's readings remain compelling more than thirty years after they were written,

Record # 382989

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Stuart Erwin: The Invisible Actorby: Judy Cornes

Stuart Erwin: The Invisible Actor
by: Judy Cornes

Hardcover. Lanham MD, Scarecrow Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 253 pages. This book is an appreciation of and a close analysis of the films of Stuart Erwin, a versatile, complex actor whose work has for many years been unfairly neglected. Additionally, this study places Erwin's career within a social, cultural, literary, and historical context. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 384475

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Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater by: Sandrow, Nahma

Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater
by: Sandrow, Nahma

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 435 pages, b&w illustrations. An illustrated world history of the Yiddish theatre covering five continents and more than 300 years. Mild wear to rear panel of dust jacket, clean copy.

Record # 384813

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Barefoot Girl on Broadway: The Story of the Original Ellie Mae of Tobacco Roadby: Hunter, Ruth

Barefoot Girl on Broadway: The Story of the Original Ellie Mae of Tobacco Road
by: Hunter, Ruth

Hardcover. NY, Exposition Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and chipped dust jacket, 115 pages. Foreword by Carl Sandburg, The story of the original Ellie May of Tobacco Road for 2,013 performances. Clean copy.

Record # 384834

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King Herod's Dream: Caesarea on the Sea by: Holum, Kenneth G.; Hohlfelder, Robert L.; Bull, Robert J.; Raban, Avner

King Herod's Dream: Caesarea on the Sea
by: Holum, Kenneth G.; Hohlfelder, Robert L.; Bull, Robert J.; Raban, Avner

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Written by two members of archaeological expeditions which have excavated at Caesarea, the ancient city on the coast of Israel built by Herod the Great, this book tells the story of the great city, from its beginnings to its destruction in the 13th century. Readers discover this past through archaeologists' eyes, as the text considers not only artifacts and written sources but the processes by which archaeologists reconstruct the past. A companion volume to a traveling exhibition of Caesarean artifacts, this is very highly recommended for both its clarity and creativity. 244 pages illustrated in color plus index. Clean.

Record # 384870

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Hollywood: The Oral Historyby: Basinger, Jeanine; Wasson, Sam

Hollywood: The Oral History
by: Basinger, Jeanine; Wasson, Sam

Hardcover. NY, Harper, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 741 pages. From the archives of the American Film Institute comes a unique picture of what it was like to work in Hollywood from its beginnings to its present day. Gleaned from nearly three thousand interviews, involving four hundred voices from the industry, Hollywood: The Oral History, lets a reader listen in on candid remarks from the biggest names in front of the camera-Bette Davis, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Harold Lloyd-to the biggest behind it-Frank Capra, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Jordan Peele, as well as the lesser known individuals that shaped what was heard and seen on screen: musicians, costumers, art directors, cinematographers, writers, sound men, editors, make-up artists, and even script timers, messengers, and publicists. The result is like a conversation among the gods and goddesses of film: lively, funny, insightful, historically accurate and, for the first time, authentically honest in its portrait of Hollywood. Its the insiders story.Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386066

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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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Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden Genius by: Carrie Courogen

Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden Genius
by: Carrie Courogen

Hardcover. NY, St Martin's Press, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The riveting biography of comedian, director, actor and writer Elaine May, one of America's greatest comic geniuses. May began her career as one-half of the legendary comedy team known as Nichols and May, the duo that revolutionized the comedy sketch. After performing their Broadway smash An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Elaine set out on her own. She toiled unsuccessfully on Broadway for a while, but then headed to Hollywood where she became the director of A New Leaf, The Heartbreak Kid, Mikey and Nicky, and the legendary Ishtar. She was hired as a script doctor on countless films like Heaven Can Wait, Reds, Tootsie, and The Birdcage. In 2019, she returned to Broadway where she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in The Waverly Gallery. Besides her considerable talent, May is well known for her reclusiveness. On one of the albums she made with Mike Nichols, her bio is this: "Miss May does not exist." Until now. Carrie Courogen has uncovered the Elaine May who does exist. Conducting countless interviews, she has filled in the blanks May has forcibly kept blank for years, creating a fascinating portrait of the way women were mistreated and held back in Hollywood. Miss May Does Not Exist is a remarkable love story about a prickly genius who was never easy to work with, not always easy to love and frequently often punished for those things, despite revolutionizing the way we think about comedy, acting, and what a film or play can be. Remainder dot to top edge. otherwise like new.

Record # 397835

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Nine to Five: Screenplay: THE NUMBERED DRAFTby: Higgins, Colin

Nine to Five: Screenplay: THE NUMBERED DRAFT
by: Higgins, Colin

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.

Record # 412267

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Altmanby: Altman, Kathryn R.

Altman
by: Altman, Kathryn R.

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.

Record # 470804

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Cecil Beaton: Stage and Film Designsby: Spencer, Charles

Cecil Beaton: Stage and Film Designs
by: Spencer, Charles

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.

Record # 810073

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Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (With DVD)by: Harry, Lou

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (With DVD)
by: Harry, Lou

Hardcover. New York, Roadside Amusements/Penquin Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 205 pages. Hardcover. DVD of original 1964 movie starring Pia Zadora included, as well as an original novelization by Lou Harry. Color illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Clean inside and out.

Record # 30359

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Seventy Light Years: A Life in the Moviesby: Young, Freddie

Seventy Light Years: A Life in the Movies
by: Young, Freddie

Hardcover. London/New York , Faber and Faber, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 164 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, bright copy in a similar dust jacket.

Record # 350081

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Chuck Reducks: Drawing from the Fun Side of Lifeby: Jones, Chuck

Chuck Reducks: Drawing from the Fun Side of Life
by: Jones, Chuck

Hardcover. New York , Time Warner International, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 286 pages, color and b&w illustrations. Foreward by Robin Williams. The director of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Road Runner cartoons discusses his childhood influences, gives advice on how to draw, and reveals how his characters were created.

Record # 351938

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Roberto Rosselliniby: Brunette, Peter

Roberto Rossellini
by: Brunette, Peter

Softcover. Berkeley CA, University of California, reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 425 pages, b&w illustrations. Previous owner's signature, otherwise clean, very good. The definitive study o the career of this Italian filmmaker first published in 1987.

Record # 358388

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Red and the Blacklist, The: The Intimate Memoir of a Hollywood Expatriate by: Barzman, Norma

Red and the Blacklist, The: The Intimate Memoir of a Hollywood Expatriate
by: Barzman, Norma

Hardcover. NY, Thunder's Mouth Press; Nation Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 464 pages, b&w photos. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. As the McCarthyite witch hunt gathered momentum in the postwar years, screenwriter Norma Barzman and her husband were driven from Hollywood into an emotionally difficult thirty-year exile in France. The Red and the Blacklist is a unique record of the political tempests of the time, marked by the author's dazzling power of reflection and insight, and animated by a larger-than-life cast of supporting characters including Pablo Picasso, Harold Robbins, Sophia Loren, Charlton Heston, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Losey, John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Groucho Marx and--in a delightful cameo--a very young Marilyn Monroe.

Record # 358572

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Stanwyck - The Star, the Success, the Survivor, The Untold Biography of the Woman by: Wayne, Jane Ellen

Stanwyck - The Star, the Success, the Survivor, The Untold Biography of the Woman
by: Wayne, Jane Ellen

Hardcover. NY, Arbor House, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 220 pages, b&w photos. Complete filmography. Clean copy in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 359176

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TWO MOVIE STILLS/National Lampoon's Animal House/1978/B&W 8 X 10"by: N/A

TWO MOVIE STILLS/National Lampoon's Animal House/1978/B&W 8 X 10"
by: N/A

Hollywood CA, Universal Studios, 1978, Two b&w glossy photos. 1) Members of the fraternity in front of their campus frat house. 2) Two cheerleaders in bleachers with John Belushi peering up at them.

Record # 359815

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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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Hype and Gloryby: Goldman, William

Hype and Glory
by: Goldman, William

Hardcover. NY, Villard Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 306 pages. The author of "Adventures in the Screen Trade" provides an inside look at the Cannes Film Festivals and the Miss America Pageant from his unique perspective as a judge, offering anecdotes about the judging process. Clean copy.

Record # 374499

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