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History  of  Cinema  Books

Silent Movies / Birth & Triumph of Movie Culture   "Silent Movies: The Birth of Film & The Triumph of Movie Culture (from the Archives of the Library of Congress)"
[2007] by Peter Kobel

Little, Brown 12x9½ hardcover [11/2007] for $29.70
Cinema / Archaeology by Godard   "Cinema: The Archaeology of Film & The Memory of A Century" [2005]
by Jean-Luc Godard & Youssef Ishaghpour, translated by John Howe

Berg Publrs 7½x5½ pb [3/2005] for $14.04
Berg Publrs 7½x5½ hardcover [3/2005] for $71.95
Story of Film by by Mark Cousins   "The Story of Film: A Worldwide History of Film From The Host of The BBC's Scene By Scene" [2004]
by Mark Cousins

Thunder's Mouth Press pb [9/2006] for $18.96
Thunder's Mouth Press 9½x6¾ hardcover [8/2004] for $26.40
A-Z of Silent Film Comedy   "A-Z of Silent Film Comedy: An Illustrated Companion" [2003]
by Glenn Mitchell, Foreword by Kevin Brownlow

B.T. Batsford 9¾x7 pb [6/2003] out of print/used
Dangerous Men / Pre-Code Hollywood   "Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood & The Birth of The Modern Man" [2002]
by Mick LaSalle

Thomas Dunne 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2002] for $16.47
Radical Hollywood   "Radical Hollywood: The Untold Story Behind America's Favorite Movies" [2002]
by Paul Buhle & David Wagner

New Press pb [8/2003] for $19.95
New Press hardcover [5/2002] for $29.95
Behind The Screen / Gays & Lesbians   "Behind The Screen: How Gays & Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969" [2001]
by William J. Mann

Penguin pb [10/2002] for $12.48
Viking 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2001] out of print/used
Big Tomorrow   "The Big Tomorrow" [2000] by Lary May
"The most exhilarating work of revisionist film history since Pauline Kael's 'Citizen Kane' ... invigoratingly coherent" – Jay Carr, The Boston Globe
Univ of Chicago Press 9x6 pb [12/2002] for $18.00
Univ of Chicago Press 9x6½ hardcover [6/2000] for $21.45
History of Exploitation Films   "Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!: A History of Exploitation Films,
1919-1959" [1999]
by Eric Schaefer

Duke Univ Press 9x6¼ pb [12/99] for $24.95
Duke Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/99] for $89.95
Pre-Code Hollywood   "Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality & Insurrection In American Cinema, 1930-1934" [1999]
by Thomas Doherty

Columbia Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/99] for $23.50
Columbia Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/99] for $73.50
Golden Age of The Exploitation Film   "Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of The Exploitation Film" [1999]
by Felicia Feaster & Bret Wood

Midnight Marquee Press 8¾x6 pb [5/99] for $25.00
Sin in Soft Focus   "Sin In Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood" [1999]
by Mark A. Vieira

Harry N. Abrams 12½x9¼ hardcover [3/2003] for $19.98
Celebrating / Centenary of Cinema   "Celebrating 1895: The Centenary of Cinema" [1998]
Edited by John Fullerton

Indiana Univ Press hardcover [11/98] out of print/used
You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet by Andrew Sarris   "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet: The American Talking Film - History & Memory, 1927-1949" [YR]
by Andrew Sarris

Oxford Univ Press 9x6 pb [1/2000] out of print/used
Oxford Univ Press 8¾x6¼ hardcover [4/98] out of print/used
Bordwell's History of Film Style   "On The History of Film Style" [1998]
by David Bordwell

Harvard Univ Press 9½x7¼ pb [1/98] for $33.00
Harvard Univ Press 10x7¾ hardcover [1/98] out of print/used
Oxford History of World Cinema   "The Oxford History of World Cinema: The Definitive History of Cinema Worldwide" [1996]
Edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith

Oxford Univ Press 9¾x7½ pb [2/99] for $29.95
Oxford Univ Press 10x7¾ hardcover [11/96] out of print/used
Film History / Theory & Practice  "Film History: Theory and Practice" [1993]
by Robert C Allen & Douglas Gomery

McGraw-Hill 9x6¼ pb [2/93] for $78.75
City of Nets   "City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood In The 1940s" [1987]
by Otto Friedrich

Univ Calif Press 9x6 pb [3/97] for $11.24
HarperCollins hardcover [10/87] out of print/used
Classical Hollywood Cinema  "The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style & Mode of Production To 1960" [1985]
by David Bordwell, Janet Staiger & Kristin Thompson

Columbia Univ Press 9¾x7½ pb [9/85] for $50.00
Columbia Univ Press hardcover [6/85] out of print/used

History  By  Decade

Emergence of Cinema to 1907   "The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen To 1907" [1990]
by Charles Musser
(History of The American Cinema, Vol. 1)
Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [5/94] for $34.95
Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [2/90] for $99.00
Transformation of Cinema   "The Transformation of Cinema, 1907-1915" [1990]
by Eileen Bowser
(History of The American Cinema, Vol. 2)
Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [5/94] for $18.21
Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [12/90] for $99.00
Age of The Silent Feature Picture   "An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of The Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928" [1990]
by Richard Koszarski
(History of The American Cinema, Vol. 3)
Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [5/94] for $27.50
Scribner's 10½x7½ hardcover [12/90] for $99.00
The Talkies / Transition To Sound   "The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition To Sound,
1926-1931" [1997]
by Donald Crafton
(History of The American Cinema, Vol. 4)
Univ CA Press 9¾x7 pb [11/99] for $26.12
Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [12/97] for $99.00
American Cinema of The 1930s   "American Cinema of The 1930s: Themes & Variations" [2007]
Edited by Ina Rae Hark

Rutgers Univ Press pb [9/2007] for $22.95
Rutgers Univ Press hardcover [9/2007] for $68.00
Hollywood / Grand Design   "Grand Design: Hollywood As A Modern Business Enterprise,
1930-1939" [1993]
by Tino Balio
(History of The American Cinema, Vol. 5)
Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [1/96] for $23.70
Scribner's 10½x7½ hardcover [2/93] for $99.00
American Cinema of The 1940s   "American Cinema of The 1940s: Themes & Variations" [2005]
Edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon

Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2005] for $21.80
Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2005] for $62.00
Cinema In The 1940s   "Boom and Bust: American Cinema In The 1940s" [1997]
by Thomas Schatz
(History of The American Cinema, Vol. 6)
Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [11/99] for $27.50
Scribner's 10x7 hardcover [11/97] for $99.00
American Cinema of The 1950s   "American Cinema of The 1950s: Themes & Variations" [2005]
Edited by Murray Pomerance

Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [10/2005] for $22.95
Rutgers Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $62.00
Transforming The Screen   "The Fifties: Transforming The Screen, 1950-1959" [2003]
by Peter Lev
(History of The American Cinema, Vol. 7)
Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [11/2006] for $18.15
Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [7/2003] out of print/used
American Cinema of The 1960s   "American Cinema of The 1960s: Themes & Variations"  
[2008]
Edited by Barry Keith Grant

Rutgers Univ Press pb [3/2008] for $24.95
Rutgers Univ Press hardcover [3/2008] for $70.00
The Sixties   "The Sixties, 1960-1969" [2000]
by Paul Monaco
(History of The American Cinema, Vol. 8)
Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [6/2003] for $20.08
Scribner's 10¼x7¼ hardcover [12/2000] for $99.00
American Cinema of The 1970s   "American Cinema of The 1970s: Themes & Variations" [2007]
Edited by Lester D. Friedman

Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [4/2007] for $22.95
Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2007] for $68.00
Lost Illusions / Watergate & Vietnam   "Lost Illusions: American Cinema In The Age of Watergate & Vietnam, 1970-1979" [1999]
by David A. Cook
(History of The American Cinema, Vol. 9)
Univ CA Press 9½x7½ pb [3/2002] for $30.88
Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [11/99] for $99.00
American Cinema of The 1980s   "American Cinema of The 1980s: Themes & Variations" [2007]
Edited by Stephen Prince

Rutgers Univ Press pb [7/2007] for $22.95
Rutgers Univ Press hardcover [7/2007] for $68.00
Pot of Gold / Electric Rainbow   "New Pot of Gold: Hollywood Under The Electric Rainbow,
1980-1989" [1999]
by Stephen Prince
(History of The American Cinema, Vol. 10)
Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [3/2002] for $26.12
Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [11/99] for $99.00


History  of  Hollywood

Hollywood's Hellfire Club   "Hollywood's Hellfire Club: The Misadventures of John Barrymore, W.C. Fields, Errol Flynn, and 'The Bundy Drive Boys'" [2007]
by Gregory William Mank, with Charles Heard & Bill Nelson

Among the notable off-screen hell-raisers here are John Barrymore, John Carradine, John Decker, W.C. Fields, Errol Flynn, Will Fowler, Sadakichi Hartmann & Ben Hecht
Feral House 9½x6 pb [10/2007] for $15.61
Progressive Hollywood   "Progressive Hollywood: A People's History of The United States" [2005]
by Ed Rampell

Disinformation 9x6 pb [5/2005] for $14.95
publisher official bookpage
Whole Equation   "The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood" [2004]
by David Thomson

Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2004] for $18.45
Blue-Collar Hollywood   "Blue-Collar Hollywood: Liberalism, Democracy & Working People In American Film" [2003]
by John Bodnar

Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/2006] for $25.00
Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [4/2003] for $45.00
Hollywood In Vintage Postcards   "Hollywood In Vintage Postcards" [2003]
Created by Rod Kennedy Jr., text by Elizabeth Ellis

Gibbs Smith 7¾x7¾ pb [4/2003] for $14.95
Life In Hollywood   "Life: In Hollywood" [2003]
by The Editors of Life Magazine

Time-Life 11½x9¼ hardcover [3/2003] for $18.96
Hollywood Vintage Postcards   "Hollywood 1900-1950 In Vintage Postcards" [2002]
by Thomas Dangcil

Arcadia Publng 9½x6½ pb [9/2002] for $13.59
Hollywood In The Fifties   "The Bad & The Beautiful: Hollywood In The Fifties" [2002]
by Sam Kashner & Jennifer MacNair

W.W. Norton 8½x5½ pb [5/2003] for $15.15
Konecky & Konecky 9¼x6 hardcover [2/2006] for $10.98
W.W. Norton 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2002] out of print/many used
Hollywood Noir / Ronald Reagan   "Hollywood Noir: Featuring Ronald Reagan" [2001]
by Richard Olsen

Xlibris 8½x5½ pb [10/2001] for $21.99
Xlibris 8¾x6 hardcover [10/2001] for $31.99
Lost Hollywood   "Lost Hollywood" [2001] by David Wallace
"A treat for Hollywood history buffs."
St. Martin 9½x6¼ pb [3/2002] for $10.47
St. Martin 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2001] for $16.77
Sins of the City   "Sins of The City: The Real Los Angeles Noir" [1999]
by Jim Heimann

Chronicle Books 10x7½ pb [7/99] for $13.27
Negotiating Hollywood   "Negotiating Hollywood: The Cultural Politics of Actors' Labor"
[1995] by Danae Clark

A pioneering study of labor struggles in 1930s Hollywood
Univ MN Press 9x6 pb [10/95] for $22.00
Univ MN Press 9¼x6 hardcover [10/95] for $44.95
Hollywood Studio System   "The Hollywood Studio System: A History" [1986]
by Douglas Gomery

British Film Institute pb [9/2005] for $19.29
British Film Institute hardcover [9/2005] for $80.00


Hollywood  &  History

Reconstructing American Historical Cinema   "Reconstructing American Historical Cinema: From Cimarron To Citizen Kane" [2006]
by J.E. Smyth

Univ Press KY hardcover [10/2006] for $50.00
History In The Media: Film & Television   "History In The Media: Film and Television" [2006]
by Robert Niemi

ABC-CLIO 10x7 hardcover [7/2006] for $85.00
Hollywood's History Films   "Hollywood's History Films" [2006]
by David Eldridge

I.B. Tauris 9x6 pb [6/2006] for $26.95
I.B. Tauris 8¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2006] for $79.95
Screening America   "Screening America: United States History Through Film Since 1900" [2005]
by James J. Lorence

Longman 9x7¾ pb [4/2005] for $40.80
Columbia Companion to American History on Film   "The Columbia Companion To American History On Film: How The Movies Have Portrayed The American Past" [2004]
Edited by Peter C. Rollins

Columbia Univ Press 10½x7½ hardcover [3/2004] for $93.50
Reel History / In Defense of Hollywood   "Reel History: In Defense of Hollywood" [2002]
by Robert Brent Toplin

Univ Press of KS 9¼x6 pb [10/2002] for $17.95
Univ Press of KS 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2002] for $35.00
History By Hollywood   "History By Hollywood: The Use & Abuse of The American Past"
[1996] by Robert Brent Toplin

Univ IL Press 9x6 pb [7/96] for $17.95
Univ IL Press 9½x6½ hardcover [7/96] out of print/used
Past Imperfect   "Past Imperfect: History According To The Movies” [1995]
Edited by Mark C. Carnes

Owl 10x7½ pb [11/96] for $15.30
Henry Holt & Co. 10¼x8 hardcover [9/95] out of print/many used
Hollywood's America   "Hollywood's America: United States History Through It's Films" [1993]
Edited by Steven Mintz & Randy Roberts

Wiley-Blackwell 8¾x6 pb [8/2001] out of print/used
Brandywine Press 9x6 pb [6/93] out of print/used
Hollywood Bio-Pics   "Bio/Pics: How Hollywood Constructed Public History" [1992]
by George F. Custen

Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/92] for $17.94
Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/92] out of print/used
Hollywood As Historian   "Hollywood As Historian: American Film In A Cultural Context" [1983]
by Peter C. Rollins

Univ Press of KY 9x6 pb [6/97] for $22.00
Univ Press of KY 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/98] out of print/many used
Univ Press of KY hardcover [4/83] out of print/rare
Movie-Made America   "Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies"
[orig 1975; rev 1994] by Robert Sklar

Vintage 9x6 pb [12/94] for $14.28
Vintage 9x6 pb [7/76] out of print/many used

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