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The Animated Raggedy Ann and Andy: an Intimate Look at the Art of Animation Its History, Techniques, and Artists by: John Canemaker

The Animated Raggedy Ann and Andy: an Intimate Look at the Art of Animation Its History, Techniques, and Artists
by: John Canemaker

Hardcover. Indianapolis/NY, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. 292 pages illustrated in b&w and color. A detailed look at the making of an ambitious hand-drawn feature. It captures the overlap of Golden Age masters (Art Babbitt, Emery Hawkins, Grim Natwick...), the best of the 1970s New York animation scene (Tissa David, Michael Sporn...) and soon-to-be legends at the start of their careers (Eric Goldberg, Dan Haskett...) as orchestrated by a young Richard Williams. Fascinating and very well put together by the prolific animation historian John Canemaker. Clean copy.

Record # 383544

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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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Kazan: The Master Director Discusses His Films-Interviews with Elia Kazan by: Young, Jeff

Kazan: The Master Director Discusses His Films-Interviews with Elia Kazan
by: Young, Jeff

Hardcover. Scranton PA, Newmarket, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated with 72 photos and 19 posters. Based on interviews conducted over a period of 18 months. Fascinating and instructive comments by Kazan on his casting decisions, directorial techniques and perceptions, etc. All 19 of Kazan's films are discussed, including: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1947), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), On the Waterfront (1954), East of Eden (1955), etc. Also recounted here are his role in the McCarthy era, his controversial testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952, his thoughts about the blacklist, and involvement with the Communist Party. Filmography. Credits. Bibliography. Index. Clean copy.

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Slices From a Long Loaf (SIGNED COPY)by: Stiefel, H.C.

Slices From a Long Loaf (SIGNED COPY)
by: Stiefel, H.C.

Hardcover. Pittsburgh PA, Bissell Block Publishing, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in tan cloth with gilt lettering. SIGNED BY AUTHOR in pencil, dated 1913 on a prelim page. 192 pages, 29 illustrations: halftone plates of river, scenery, oil, rigs, glass-making, bridges, mills, comic drawings, few signed Syd Smith.

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The Platinum Yearsby: Bob Willoughby; Richard Schickel

The Platinum Years
by: Bob Willoughby; Richard Schickel

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 271 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Robert Hanley "Bob" Willoughby (1927-2009) was an American photographer. Popular Photography called him "The man who virtually invented the photojournalistic motion picture still." A collection of his on set pictures taken during filming. Movies featured include From Here to Eternity, The Caine Mutiny, A Star is Born, Rebel Without a Cause, Raintree County, Marnie, The Graduate and more, 22 productions in all. Name on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Record # 385818

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The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930??"1956by: Burch, Noel/ Sellier, Genevieve/ Graham Peter A. Translator

The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930??"1956
by: Burch, Noel/ Sellier, Genevieve/ Graham Peter A. Translator

Softcover. Durham NC, Duke University Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 384 pages. Noel Burch and Genevieve Sellier adopt a sociocultural approach to films made in France before, during, and after World War II, paying particular attention to the Occupation years (1940-44). The authors contend that the films produced from the 1930s until 1956--when the state began to subsidize the movie industry, facilitating the emergence of an "auteur cinema"--are important, both as historical texts and as sources of entertainment. Citing more than 300 films and providing many in-depth interpretations, Burch and Sellier argue that films made in France between 1930 and 1956 created a national imaginary that equated masculinity with French identity. They track the changing representations of masculinity, explaining how the strong patriarch who saved fallen or troubled women from themselves in prewar films gave way to the impotent, unworthy, or incapable father figure of the Occupation. After the Liberation, the patriarch reemerged as protector and provider alongside assertive women who figured as threats not only to themselves but to society as a whole. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 387383

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The Busby Berkeley Bookby: Tony Thomas

The Busby Berkeley Book
by: Tony Thomas

Hardcover. Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. 187 pages. Written with Busby Berkeley. Foreward by Ruby Keeler. With more than 250 photographs. "The life and works of the Wizard of Oz of the Thirties and Forties with a complete filmography of his meticulously ordered fantasy world."

Record # 396650

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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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Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock, The by: Freeman, David

Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock, The
by: Freeman, David

Softcover. NY, Overlook Books, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 281 pages. Slight wear to wraps, otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 454297

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Film Classics Library Presents: Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka, Theby: Anobile (Editor), Richard J.

Film Classics Library Presents: Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka, The
by: Anobile (Editor), Richard J.

Hardcover. New York, Universe Books, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with 1,500 black & white frame blow-ups, and the entire dialogue. Dust jacket worn with curling/tears along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611745

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Merely Colossal: The Story of the Movies from the Long Chase to the Chaise Longue by: Mayer, Arthur

Merely Colossal: The Story of the Movies from the Long Chase to the Chaise Longue
by: Mayer, Arthur

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 2nd pr., 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dustjacket, Illustrated wth 12 b/w cartoons by George Price. A wry and witty history of the American motion picture by a giant of the industry. Postcard of Brown Derby Restaurant laid-in.

Record # 10620

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Julian Schnabel: Art and Filmby: Moos, David

Julian Schnabel: Art and Film
by: Moos, David

Softcover. Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. This survey of Schnabel's career to date presents the artist's painterly production, from the 1970s through to the present, juxtaposing his large-scale paintings with his numerous critically acclaimed movies-'Basquiat' (1996), 'Before Night Falls' (2000), 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' (2007) and his newest film 'Miral,' which addresses the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The complete scripts of each of these movies are featured, punctuated with stills chosen by Schnabel. Published for the Art Gallery of Ontario's 2010 survey, 'Julian Schnabel: Art and Film' is the first appraisal of how Schnabel works across media, bridging painting, writing and cinema. 447 pages.

Record # 350025

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Still Moving: the Film and Media Collections of the Museum of Modern Artby: Higgins, Steven

Still Moving: the Film and Media Collections of the Museum of Modern Art
by: Higgins, Steven

Hardcover. New York , The Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 375 pages, many b&w, some color illustrations. A stunning catalog from the world-renowned film archives of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. From Charlie Chaplin to Andy Warhol to Martin Scorsese, Still Moving contains over 500 stills from silent, documentary, animated, avant-garde, independent and Hollywood movies, representing the complete art and history of the moving image. Color printed boards.

Record # 351935

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Cary Grant: A Class Apartby: McCann, Graham

Cary Grant: A Class Apart
by: McCann, Graham

Hardcover. NY, Coulmbia University Press, 2nd pr, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 346 pages, b&w photos. Clean, bright copy in an unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 358386

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Snakes & Ladders: A Memoirby: Bogarde, Dirk

Snakes & Ladders: A Memoir
by: Bogarde, Dirk

Hardcover. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 341 pages, b&w photos. In a nice, unclipped dust jacket. From Margaret Drabble: "[Bogarde]...is also a lively and interesting writer; his books are in a different class from the ghosted, pedestrian or anecdotal memoirs which so many stars of stage and screen produce..."

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Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer by: Levy, Emanuel

Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer
by: Levy, Emanuel

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.

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Cinema in Revolution: The Heroic Era of the Soviet Filmby: Schnitzer, Luda & Jean; Marcel Martin (Eds.)

Cinema in Revolution: The Heroic Era of the Soviet Film
by: Schnitzer, Luda & Jean; Marcel Martin (Eds.)

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.

Record # 359504

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Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahlby: Bach, Steven

Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
by: Bach, Steven

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.

Record # 362412

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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 # 372843

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Orson Welles, The Stories Of His Lifeby: Peter Conrad

Orson Welles, The Stories Of His Life
by: Peter Conrad

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.

Record # 374716

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The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universeby: Author: Bennett, Tara, Author: Terry, Paul, Illustrator: Marvel Studios, Afterword: Downey

The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
by: Author: Bennett, Tara, Author: Terry, Paul, Illustrator: Marvel Studios, Afterword: Downey

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.

Record # 378450

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Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. Book & DVD Setby: Castle, Alison (Ed.)

Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. Book & DVD Set
by: Castle, Alison (Ed.)

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.")

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Television: A Biographyby: Thomson, David

Television: A Biography
by: Thomson, David

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.

Record # 382038

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William Goldman: Four Screenplays with Essays by: William Goldman

William Goldman: Four Screenplays with Essays
by: William Goldman

Softcover. NY, Applause, 1st thus, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 492 pages. Marathon Man, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Princess Bride, Misery. Sticker residue on back cover otherwise clean.

Record # 382218

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Harlow in Hollywood: The Blonde Bombshell in the Glamour Capital, 1928-1937by: Rooney, Darrel/ Vieira, Mark A.

Harlow in Hollywood: The Blonde Bombshell in the Glamour Capital, 1928-1937
by: Rooney, Darrel/ Vieira, Mark A.

Hardcover. Angel City Press, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, profusely illustrated, 208 pages. When Jean Harlow became the Blonde Bombshell, it was all Hollywood's doing. She was the first big-screen sex symbol, the Platinum Blonde, the mold for every famous fair-haired superstar who would emulate her. Yes; even Marilyn Monroe followed Harlow's lead. In her short decade in Hollywood, Harlow created a new genre of movie star--her fans idolized her for her peerless image, her beautiful body, and her gorgeous facade. Harlow in Hollywood is the story of how a town and an industry created her, a story that's never been told before. In these pages, renowned Harlow expert Darrell Rooney and Hollywood historian Mark Vieira team to present the most beautiful--and accurate--book on Harlow ever produced. With more than 280 rare images, the authors not only make a case for Harlow as an Art Deco artifact, they showcase the fabulous places where she lived, worked and played from her white-on-white Beverly Glen mansion to the Art Deco sets of Dinner at Eight to the foyer of the Cafe Trocadero. Still in publisher's shrink wrap.

Record # 383290

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An Artist at War: The WWII Memories of Stars & Stripes Artist Ed Vebell by: Ed Vebell

An Artist at War: The WWII Memories of Stars & Stripes Artist Ed Vebell
by: Ed Vebell

Atgen PA, Schiffer, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 144 pages illustrated in color and b&w. In 1942, Ed Vebell landed with the US Army in North Africa and was recruited by Stars & Stripes, the US armed forces newspaper, as their official staff artist. Daily, he drew illustrations and reported on the progress of World War II throughout Europe. This book offers a selection of his sketches, drawings, paintings, and photographs from that time, and presents one artist's view of the war from North Africa, through the campaigns in Italy, France, and Germany. After the war, the author spent two weeks with the Russians in Berlin, and was then assigned as the courtroom artist during the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Along the way are Ed's reminiscences about such personalities as famed war correspondent and artist Bill Mauldin, singers Josephine Baker and Edith Piaf, Charles de Gaulle, Gen. Teddy Roosevelt Jr., and many others. Ed also reminisces about his two years photographing backstage at the Folies Bergere in Paris, as well as his time as an Olympic fencer. Clean copy.

Record # 384769

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Show Business is No Businessby: Al Hirschfeld

Show Business is No Business
by: Al Hirschfeld

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn, chipped dust jacket. Charming book written and illustrated by the late, great Hirschfield on all aspects of the Broadway theatre. Includes chapters on agents, theatres, playwrights and more all of which have been illustrated by Hirschfield with many b&w drawings with color overlays done especially for this book. In addition there is a section of 40 show business drawings that were done for The New York Times and other publications along with nice illustrated pastedowns and endsheets. Previous owner's inscription on a card tipped onto half-title page. Otherwise clean.

Record # 384817

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The Autobiography of Emanuel Carnevali by: Boyle, Kay (Editor)

The Autobiography of Emanuel Carnevali
by: Boyle, Kay (Editor)

Hardcover. NY, Horizon Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 264 pages with index. Carnevali, an Italian poet, came to the USA, suffered poverty and illness, and returned to Italy. Some of his poems are included here. Clean copy.

Record # 384838

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Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast by: McGilligan, Patrick

Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast
by: McGilligan, Patrick

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.

Record # 385382

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The Walt Disney Film Archives. The Animated Movies 1921??"1968by: Kothenschulte, Daniel (Ed.)

The Walt Disney Film Archives. The Animated Movies 1921??"1968
by: Kothenschulte, Daniel (Ed.)

Hardcover. Taschen, 1st thus, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 511 pages. This is a scaled down/compact edition of the publisher's huge 2016 volume. Profusely illustrated. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386335

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Music in the Shadows: Noir Musical Filmsby: Biesen, Sheri Chinen

Music in the Shadows: Noir Musical Films
by: Biesen, Sheri Chinen

Softcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 210 pages with index, b&w illustrations. Smoke. Shadows. Moody strains of jazz. Welcome to the world of "noir musical" films, where tormented antiheroes and hard-boiled musicians battle obsession and struggle with their music and ill-fated love triangles. Sultry divas dance and sing the blues in shrouded nightclubs. Romantic intrigue clashes with backstage careers. In her pioneering study, Music in the Shadows, film noir expert Sheri Chinen Biesen explores musical films that use film noir style and bluesy strains of jazz to inhabit a disturbing underworld and reveal the dark side of fame and the American Dream. Clean copy.

Record # 387944

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Italy in Early American Cinema: Race, Landscape, and the Picturesqueby: Giorgio Bertellini

Italy in Early American Cinema: Race, Landscape, and the Picturesque
by: Giorgio Bertellini

Softcover. Bloomington, Indiana University, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 443 pages, b&w illustrations, index. Traces the origins of American cinema's century-long fascination with Italy and Italian immigrants to the popularity of the pre-photographic aesthetic - the picturesque. "To read Bertellini's superb book is to enter into an intense, rich, and intricately layered experience of Italian immigrant culture in the New York of the 1900's and 1910's." Clean copy.

Record # 398034

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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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Wizard of Oz - Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History, Theby: Fricke, John/Jay Scarfone/William Stillman

Wizard of Oz - Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History, The
by: Fricke, John/Jay Scarfone/William Stillman

Hardcover. New York, Warner Books, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 245 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy. A commemorative volume offers the definitive pictorial history of one of the most popular movies of all time.

Record # 608375

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W.C. Fields & Meby: Monti, Carlotti & Cy Rice

W.C. Fields & Me
by: Monti, Carlotti & Cy Rice

Hardcover. NY, Prentice-Hall, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice, bright copy in a dust jacket. B/w photos.

Record # 8263

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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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Tunes for 'Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoonby: Goldmark, Daniel

Tunes for 'Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon
by: Goldmark, Daniel

Hardcover. Berkeley/Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 225 pages, illustrated in b&w. In the first in-depth examination of music written for Hollywood animated cartoons of the 1930s through the 1950s, Daniel Goldmark provides a brilliant account of the enormous creative effort that went into setting cartoons to music and shows how this effort shaped the characters and stories that have become embedded in American culture. Focusing on classical music, opera, and jazz, Goldmark considers the genre and compositional style of cartoons produced by major Hollywood animation studios, including Warner Bros., MGM, Lantz, and the Fleischers. Tunes for 'Toons discusses several well-known cartoons in detail, including What's Opera, Doc?, the 1957 Warner Bros. parody of Wagner and opera that is one of the most popular cartoons ever created.

Record # 351532

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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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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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Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Iconby: Marshall Terrill, Greg Laurie

Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon
by: Marshall Terrill, Greg Laurie

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.

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Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot by: Wilder, Billy and Alison Castle (Ed.)

Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot
by: Wilder, Billy and Alison Castle (Ed.)

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.

Record # 360523

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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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Memoire Du Cinema: Les Films Noirs by: Patrick Brion

Memoire Du Cinema: Les Films Noirs
by: Patrick Brion

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.

Record # 374711

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The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by: Wasson, Sam

The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
by: Wasson, Sam

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.

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Stanley Kubrick: A Narrative and Stylistic Analysisby: Falsetto, Mario

Stanley Kubrick: A Narrative and Stylistic Analysis
by: Falsetto, Mario

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.

Record # 379012

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A Life in Movies: Stories from 50 years in Hollywood by: Irwin Winkler

A Life in Movies: Stories from 50 years in Hollywood
by: Irwin Winkler

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.

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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 # 382208

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE AD FOR MAX FACTOR: Rita Hayworth in "Gilda"by: Rita Hayworth

ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE AD FOR MAX FACTOR: Rita Hayworth in "Gilda"
by: Rita Hayworth

Max Factor Hollywood, 1946, Book: Very Good, Tru-Color Lipstick with photo of actress Rita Hayworth. another with Glenn Ford. 10 X 13". PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 382633

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Fred Zinnemann: An Autobiography : A Life in the Moviesby: Fred Zinnemann

Fred Zinnemann: An Autobiography : A Life in the Movies
by: Fred Zinnemann

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 256 pages. With the aid of some 400 photographs, the great film director, now 85, recalls 50 years of film-making and more than 20 major films, including High Noon, From Here to Eternity, Oklahoma!, A Man for All Seasons, The Day of the Jackal, Julia, and The Nun's Story. Light musty smell. Clean.

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Seasons of Discontent: Dramatic Opinions 1959-1965by: Brustein, Robert

Seasons of Discontent: Dramatic Opinions 1959-1965
by: Brustein, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This book is a collection of reviews, essays, and personal opinions that Mr. Brustein wrote during 1959-1965. It is an excellent resource for directors wanting to tackle shows that premiered during this time period. It also demonstrates his uncanny ability to "critique" a dramatic work in the way that it should be, rather than merely stating a "review". Mr. Brusteins specificity for the English language and his committment to excellence in theatre, starting with the drama itself, is an intellectual oasis for those of us wanting to read scholarly criticism from a educated source. 322 pages. Clean copy.

Record # 384812

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