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"America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide To The Landmark Movies In The National Film Registry" [2009] by Daniel Eagan Continuum Publng Group 9¾x7 pb [10/2009] for $17.96 Continuum Publng Group 10x7¼ hardcover [9/2009] for $97.06 |
 | "Film Music: A History" [2008] by James Wierzbicki
In four sections: Music & The Silent Film (1894–1927); Music & The Early Sound Film (1895–1933); Music In Ihe Classical-Style Hollywood Film (1933–1960); and Film Music In The Post-Classic Period (1958–2008) Routledge 9¾x7 pb [11/2008] for $33.50 Routledge 10x7 hardcover [11/2008] for $110.00 Magic Lantern's Film Music Page |
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"A History of Film" textbook [orig pre-1990] by Virginia Wright Wexman 7th edition: Allyn & Bacon 9¼x7 pb [2/2009] for $74.88 6th edition: Allyn & Bacon 9x7 pb [9/2005] for $107.80 5th edition: Allyn & Bacon 9¼x7 pb [9/2001] out of print/used |
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"Controversial Cinema: The Films That Outraged America" [2008] by Kendall R. Phillips focuses on Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" [1989], Jonathan Demme's "The Silence of The Lambs" [1991], Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers" [1994], and Mel Gibson's "The Passion of The Christ" [2004], plus others Praeger 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2008] for $35.96 |
 | "A Short History of Film" [2008] by Wheeler Winston Dixon & Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Rutgers Univ Press 9¾x7 pb [3/2008] for $22.45 Rutgers Univ Press 10x7 hardcover [3/2008] for $70.00 |
 | "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 |
 | "Movie Quotes To Get You Through Life" [2007] Compiled by Jim Silverstein Lulu.com 2nd Edition 9x6 pb [11/2008] for $19.95 |
 | "The West In Early Cinema: After The Beginning, 1895-1915" [2006] by Nanna Verhoeff Amsterdam Univ Press 9½x6½ pb [6/2006] for $26.26 Amsterdam Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2006] for $80.00 |
 | "Frankly, My Dear: Quips and Quotes From Hollywood" [2005] by Shelley Klein Barron's Educational Series 7¾x5¼ hardcover [1/2006] for $14.99 Michael Omara hardcover [8/2005; status unclear] for $13.43 |
 | "The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931" [2005] by Edwin M. Bradley McFarland & Co. 10x7 hardcover [4/2005] for $95.00 |
 | "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 |
 | "American Plays and Musicals On Screen: 650 Stage Productions and Their Film & Televison Adaptations" [2004] by Thomas S. Hischak McFarland & Co. 10x7 hardcover [12/2004] for $75.00 |
 | "Turning Points In Film History" [2004] by Andrew J. Rausch, Foreword by Joe Bob Briggs Chapters/topics include Thomas Edison; Georges Méliès; D.W. Griffith & "The Birth of A Nation" [1915]; Sergei Eisenstein & montage; the Academy Awards; Walt Disney; Orson Welles & "Citizen Kane" [1941]; Film Noir; The French New Wave; The MPAA Ratings System; The Blaxploitation Movement; Hollywood's New Wave; Home Video; the modern blockbuster; and Pixar & C.G.I. Citadel 8¾x6 pb [10/2004] out of print/used |
 | "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: 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 & The Birth of The Modern Man" [2002] by Mick LaSalle Thomas Dunne 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2002] for $16.47 |
 | "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 |
 | "Forbidden Films: Censorship Histories of 125 Motion Pictures" [2001] by Dawn B. Sova Facts On File 9x6 pb [10/2001] for $13.22 Facts On File 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2001] for $55.00 |
 | "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 |
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"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 |
 | "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: 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 |
 | "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: Pre-Code Hollywood" [1999] by Mark A. Vieira Harry N. Abrams 12½x9¼ hardcover [3/2003] for $19.98 |
 | "Celebrating 1895: The Centenary of Cinema" [1998] Edited by John Fullerton Indiana Univ Press hardcover [11/98] out of print/used |
 | "Movies and Money: The Undeclared War Between Europe & America" [1998] by David Puttnam The struggle between Pathé in France and the capitalists in America (including Thomas Edison) ended after World War I with Hollywood dominant; the struggle continues today, across the various media and markets. Vintage 8x5¼ pb [1/2000] for $17.00 Knopf 9x6½ hardcover [10/98] out of print/used |
 | "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet: The American Talking Film - History & Memory, 1927-1949" [1998] 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 |
 | "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 |
 | "The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and The Talkie Revolution, 1926-1930" [1997] by Scott Eyman Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [5/99] out of print/used S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [3/97] out of print/used |
 | "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 |
 | "The Dictionary of Film Quotations: 6,000 Provocative Movie Quotes From 1,000 Movies" [1995] Compiled by Melinda Corey & George Ochoa Three Rivers Press 9x7¼ pb [6/95] out of print/used |
 | "From Peepshow To Palace: The Birth of American Film" [1995] by David Robinson, Foreword by Martin Scorsese Columbia Univ Press 8¾x6¾ pb [4/97] for $29.50 Columbia Univ Press 9¼x7¼ hardcover [4/95] out of print/used |
 | "Film History: An Introduction" [1994] by Kristin Thompson & David Bordwell McGraw Hill 10¾x8½ pb [9/2002] for $58.01 McGraw Hill 10¾x8¾ pb [9/2002] for $92.47 McGraw Hill 10¼x8¼ hardcover [2/94] out of print/used David Bordwell's official website |
 | "Film History: Theory and Practice" [1993] by Robert C Allen & Douglas Gomery McGraw-Hill 9x6¼ pb [2/93] for $78.75 |
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"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 |
 | "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 |
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"The Movies Begin: Making Movies In New Jersey, 1897-1920" [1977] by Paul C. Spehr Newark Museum Assn 10x9¼ pb [5/77] out of print/used |
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"The Movies In The Age of Innocence" [1962 classic] by Edward Wagenknecht Limelight Editions 9x5¾ pb [6/97] out of print/used Ballantine pb [undated] out of print/used Univ OK Press hardcover [12/62] out of print/used |
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"Panorama du Film Noir Américain, 1941-1953" [1955 classic] by Raymond Borde & Etienne Chaumeton This is the book that coined the term 'film noir'. Flammarion French-language mass pb [1/93] imported/scarce Flammarion French-language mass pb [1/93] for €10,93 from Amazon France |
Cinema History By Decade
 | "American Cinema, 1890-1909: Themes & Variations" [2009] Edited by André Gaudreault Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [1/2009] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2009] for $70.00 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
 | "American Cinema of The 1910s: Themes & Variations" [2009]  Edited by Charlie Keil & Ben Singer Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 [2/2009] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/2009] for $70.00 |
 | "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 |
 | "American Cinema of The 1920s: Themes & Variations" [2009] Edited by Lucy Fischer Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [5/2009] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [5/2009] for $72.00 |
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"Movies of The 20s and Early Cinema" [2007] by Jürgen Müller Taschen 9¾x7¾ pb [9/2007] for $30.39 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"Hollywood In Crisis: Cinema and American Society, 1929-1939" [1996] by Colin Shindler Routledge 9x6 pb [7/96] for $43.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/96] for $150.00 |
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"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 |
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"Reelpolitik: Political Ideologies In '30s and '40s Films" [1998] by Beverly Merrill Kelley, with John J. Pitney Jr., Craig R. Smith & Herbert E. Gooch III Examines eight classic American movies: "All Quiet On The Western Front" [1930], "Gabriel Over The White House" [1933], King Vidor's "Our Daily Bread" [1934], Frank Capra's "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" [1939], Orson Welles's "Citizen Kane" [1941], Orson Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" [1942], Michael Curtiz's "Casablanca" [1943], and King Vidor's "The Fountainhead" [1949] Praeger Publts 9¼x6 pb [11/98] for $28.95 Praeger Publts 9½x6½ hardcover [11/98] for $119.95 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
 | "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 |
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"Reelpolitik II: Political Ideologies In '50s and '60s Films" [2004] by Beverly Merrill Kelley Examines eight classic American movies: Samuel Fuller's "The Steel Helmet" [1951], Elia Kazan's "A Face In The Crowd" [1957], John Ford's "The Last Hurrah" [1958], Otto Preminger's "Advise and Consent" [1962], John Frankenheimer's "The Manchurian Candidate" [1962], Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" [1964], John Frankenheimer's "Seven Days In May" [1964], and John Wayne's "The Green Berets" [1968] Rowman & Littlefield 8¾x5¾ pb [4/2004] for $34.95 Rowman & Littlefield 9x6 hardcover [4/2004] for $101.00 |
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"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 |
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"Movies of The 60s" [2003] by Jürgen Müller Taschen 10x8 pb [5/2003] for $26.39 |
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"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 |
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"Movies of The 70s" [2003] by Jürgen Müller
Taschen 9¾x7¾ pb [9/2003] for $26.39 "Best Movies of The 70's" [2006] Edited by Jürgen Müller Taschen 9x7 hardcover [8/2006] for $10.19 |
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"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: 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 |
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"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 |
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"Movies of The 80s" [2002] by Jürgen Müller
Taschen 10x8¼ pb [10/2002] for $29.19 "Best Movies of The 80's" [2005] Edited by Jürgen Müller Taschen 9x7 hardcover [11/2005] for $10.19 |
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"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 |
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"American Cinema of The 1990s: Themes & Variations" [2008] Edited by Chris Holmlund Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2008] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2008] for $70.00 |
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"Movies of The 90s" [2001] by Jürgen Müller Taschen 10x8¼ pb [11/2001] out of print/used |
History of Hollywood
http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Hollywood-Stephen-Schochet/dp/0963897233/
http://www.amazon.com/Postwar-Hollywood-1946-1962-Drew-Casper/dp/1405150750/
http://www.amazon.com/Hollywoods-America-Social-Political-Pictures/dp/0813329337/
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"The Men Who Made Hollywood: The Lives of The Great Movie Moguls" [2009] by Michael Freedland chapters/subjects include Harry Cohn, Sam Goldwyn, Jesse L. Lasky, Louis B. Mayer, the Warner Brothers & Adolph Zukor JR Books Ltd 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2009] out of print/used |
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"The First Hollywood: Florida and The Golden Age of Silent Filmmaking" [2008] by Shawn C. Bean Univ Press of FL 9x5¾ hardcover [7/2008] for $20.90 |
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"Hollywood Independents: The Postwar Talent Takeover" [2008] by Denise Mann Univ MN Press 8¾x5¾ pb [2/2008] for $25.00 Univ MN Press 9x6 hardcover [2/2008] for $75.00 |
 | "I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History" [2008] by Walter Mirisch Univ WI Press9x6½ hardcover [2/2008] for $21.86 |
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"Hollywood's Original Rat Pack: The Bards of Bundy Drive" [2008] by Stephen C. Jordan Parties hosted by eccentric artist John Decker at his home on Bundy Drive in West Los Angeles included notable off-screen hell-raisers John & Lionel Barrymore, John Carradine, W.C. Fields, Errol Flynn, writers Gene & Will Fowler, art critic Sadakichi Hartmann, writer Ben Hecht & actor Anthony Quinn Scarecrow Press 8¾x6 pb [1/2008] for $45.00 |
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"Images of America: Early Hollywood" [2007] by Marc Wanamaker {Bison Archives} & Robert W. Nudelman {Hollywood Heritage Museum} Arcadia Publng 9x6¼ pb [10/2007] for $13.59 |
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"Hollywood's Hellfire Club: The Misadventures of John & Lionel 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, artist John Decker, W.C. Fields, Errol Flynn, writers gene & Will Fowler, art critic Sadakichi Hartmann, writer Ben Hecht & Anthony Quinn Feral House 9½x6 pb [10/2007] for $15.61 |
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"Hollywood Studios (Postcard History Series)" [2007] by Tommy Dangcil Arcadia Publng 9x6¼ pb [4/2007] for $15.99 |
 | "The Father of Hollywood: The True Story" [2006] by Gaelyn Whitley Keith The author's great-grandfather Hobart Johnstone 'H.J.' Whitley [1847-1931] developed the city of Hollywood, and built the Whitley Heights gated community and the famous Hollywood Hotel (1902) – among other amazing accomplishments. BookSurge Publng 8¾x6 pb [11/2006] out of print/used |
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"Drawing The Line: The Untold Story of The Animation Unions From Bosko To Bart Simpson" [2006] by Tom Sito Univ Press of KY 9½x6¼ hardcover [10/2006] for $24.32 |
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"The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History" [2006] by Gregory Paul Williams B.L. Press LLC 12x9¼ hardcover [9/2006] for $32.97 "The Story of Hollywoodland" [1992] by Gregory Paul Williams
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"Detecting Men: Masculinity and The Hollywood Detective Film" [2006] by Philippa Gates SUNY Press 8¾x6 pb [7/2006] for $30.95 SUNY Press 9x6¼ hardcover [7/2006] for $89.50 |
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"A Gallery of Stars: The Story of The Hollywood Brown Derby Wall of Fame" [2005] by Jack Lane, the Brown Derby's resident caricaturist Luminary Press 9x6 hardcover [6/2005] for $25.00 |
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"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 |
 | "Children of Hollywood: Accounts of Growing Up As The Sons & Daughters of Stars" [2005] by Michelle Vogel Drawn from interviews with celebrity offspring – sons, daughters & grandchildren of Eddie Cantor, Douglas Fairbanks, W.C. Fields, Ruth Hussey, Boris Karloff, Mario Lanza, Jerry Lewis & the Marx Brothers – who also provided never-before-published snapshots of Hollywood legends at home. McFarland & Co. 8¾x6 pb [3/2005] for $35.00 |
 | "Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood" [2005] by Donald Bogle One World/Ballantine 8x5 pb [1/2006] for $10.85 One World/Ballantine 9x6 hardcover [1/2005] out of print/used and more on the subject on Magic Lantern's Afro-American Film Festival Pages |
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"The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood" [2004] by David Thomson Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2004] for $18.45 |
 | "Shooting Cowboys and Indians: Silent Western Films, American Culture & The Birth of Hollywood" [2004] by Andrew Brodie Smith Univ Press of CO 9&frac13x6½ hardcover [1/2004] for $22.02 |
 | "Hollywood's Golden Age: As Told By One Who Lived It All" [2003] by Edward Dmytryk, Preface by {his widow} Jean Porter Dmytryk BearManor Media 9x6 pb [7/2003] for $17.95 |
 | "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 |
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"Hollywood In Vintage Postcards" [2003] Created by Rod Kennedy Jr., text by Elizabeth Ellis Gibbs Smith 7¾x7¾ pb [4/2003] for $14.95 |
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"Life: In Hollywood" [2003] by The Editors of Life Magazine Time-Life 11½x9¼ hardcover [3/2003] for $18.96 |
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"Hollywood 1900-1950 In Vintage Postcards" [2002] by Thomas Dangcil Arcadia Publng 9½x6½ pb [9/2002] for $13.59 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"Stardust and Shadows: Canadians In Early Hollywood" [2000] by Charles Foster The stories of eighteen Canadians who were celebrities during Hollywood’s formative years: Al & Charles Christie, Joe & Sam De Grasse, Marie Dressler, Allan Dwan, May Irwin, Florence La Badie, Florence Lawrence, Del Lord, Louis B. Mayer, Sidney Olcott, Jack Pickford, Mary Pickford, Marie Prevost, Mack Sennett, Douglas Shearer & Norma Shearer Dundurn Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2000] for $15.59 |
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"Sins of The City: The Real Los Angeles Noir" [1999] by Jim Heimann Chronicle Books 10x7½ pb [7/99] for $13.27 |
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"Romanoff, Prince of Rogues: The Life & Times of A Hollywood Icon" [1997] by Jane Pejsa Kenwood Publng 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/97] out of print/used Mike Romanoff entry at Wikipedia |
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"The Brown Derby Restaurant: A Hollywood Legend" [1996] by Sally Wright Cobb & Marc Willems Rizzoli pb [2/2005] out of print/used Rizzoli Intl. 9¾x9¾ hardcover [10/96] out of print/used official website • restaurant entry at Wikipedia |
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"Movie Time: A Chronology of Hollywood and The Movie Industry From The Begginnings To The Present" [1995] by Gene Brown Wiley & Sons 11x8½ pb [11/95] out of print/many used |
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"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: 60 Great Years" [1992] by David Castell, Douglas Jarvis, Mark Kermode, Jack Lodge, John Russell Taylor & Adrian Turner The six authors are all professional screenwriters, and each writes about a decade of Hollywood film history, from 1930 to 1990. Prion Books hardcover[10/92] for $45.63 Barnes & Noble hardcover [1994] out of print/used |
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"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 |
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"Tales From Hollywood" [1984 stageplay] by Christopher Hampton
Many writers and artists and movie people of Germany fled the brutality of the Nazis and settled in Los Angeles in the 1930s, including Thomas & Heinrich Mann, Salka Viertel, Lion & Marta Feuchtwanger and playwright Bertolt Brecht Faber & Faber 7¾x5 pb playscript [5/2002] out of print/many used TV movie [P.B.S./B.B.C. Oct 1992] directed by Howard Davies; starring Jeremy Irons, Charles Durning, Alec Guinness, Elizabeth McGovern, Sinéad Cusack, Jan Chappell, Ian Thompson & Jack Shepherd DVD/Blu-ray not available; full credits from IMDb |
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"The Inquisition In Hollywood: Politics In The Film Community, 1930-1960" [1980] by Larry Ceplair & Steven Englund Univ IL Press 9x5 pb [9/2003] for $22.45 Anchor/Doubleday hardcover [1/80] out of print/used more info on Magic Lantern's Hollywood Blacklist Page |
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Are the Stars Out Tonight?: The Story of the Famous Ambassador and Cocoanut Grove ... Hollywood's Hotel" [orig 1980] by Margaret Tante Burk Round Table West 11x8¼ hardcover [5/2003] for $30.89 |
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"The Fifty Year Decline and Fall of Hollywood" [1961] by Ezra Goodman Chapter Titles: Flashback; Tom Swift & His Flying Typewriter; Dreams of A Rarebit Fiend; Through A Ground Glass, Darkly; The Great Brain Robbery; The Girl With The Three Blue Eyes; In The Order of Their Appearance; The Little People; The Snows of Yesteryear; The Night Life of the Gods; and Fade-Out Macfadden mass pb [1962] out of print/used Simon & Schuster 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1961] out of print/used Simon & Schuster 8½x6 hardcover [1961] out of print/used |
Hollywood & History
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"The Hollywood Historical Film" [2008] by Robert Burgoyne Wiley-Blackwell 9x6 pb [2/2008] for $29.95 Wiley-Blackwell 9x6 hardcover [2/2008] for $84.95 |
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"History Goes To The Movies: Studying History On Film" [2006] by Marnie Hughes-Warrington Routledge 9x6 pb [11/2006] for $24.92 Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2006] for $95.00 |
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"Reconstructing American Historical Cinema: From Cimarron To Citizen Kane" [2006] by J.E. Smyth Univ Press KY hardcover [10/2006] for $50.00 |
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"History In The Media: Film and Television" [2006] by Robert Niemi ABC-CLIO 10x7 hardcover [7/2006] for $85.00 |
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"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 |
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"History On Film / Film On History: Concepts, Theories & Practice" [2006] by Robert A. Rosenstone Longman 9x6 pb [3/2006] for $29.99 |
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"Hollywood's West: The American Frontier In Film, Television & History" [2005] Edited by Peter C. Rollins & John E. O'Connor Univ Press of KY 9x5¾ pb [11/2008] for $25.00 Univ Press of KY 9x5¾ hardcover [11/2005] for $40.00 |
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"American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film" [2005] by Trevor McCrisken & Andrew Pepper Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [4/2005] for $21.55 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2005] for $62.00 |
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"Screening America: United States History Through Film Since 1900" [2005] by James J. Lorence Longman 9x7¾ pb [4/2005] for $40.80 |
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"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 9½x6¾ pb [11/2006] for $32.50 Columbia Univ Press 10½x7½ hardcover [3/2004] for $96.50 |
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"America On Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality At The Movies" [2003] by Harry M. Benshoff & Sean Griffin Wiley-Blackwell 2nd Edition 9½x7½ pb [1/2009] for $35.95 
Wiley-Blackwell 9½x6½ pb [10/2003] for $39.15 Wiley-Blackwell 9¾x6¾ hardcover [10/2003] for $112.69 |
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"A Knight At The Movies: Medieval History On Film" [2003] by John Aberth Routledge 8¾x6¼ pb [7/2003] for $26.95 Routledge 9½x5¾ hardcover [7/2003] for $110.00 see also The King John Project and Spirit of America's King Arthur Page |
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"World History On The Screen: Film and Video Resources" [for grades 6-12; orig 1995, rev 2003] by Wendy S. Wilson & Gerald H. Herman looks at 16 films in detail, including "Ulysses" [1954], "The Lion In Winter" [1968], "A Man For All Seasons" [1966], "All Quiet On The Western Front" [1930], "Gandhi" [1982], and "Hope and Glory" [1987]; also worksheets & other teaching materials Walch Education 10½x8¼ 2nd edition pb [5/2003] for $23.99 |
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"Reel vs. Real: How Hollywood Turns Fact Into Fiction" [2003] by Frank Sanello Taylor Trade Publng 11x8½ pb [2/2003] for $19.95 covers sixty major & minor films, including "The Birth of A Nation" [1915] by D.W. Griffith; "Citizen Kane" [1941] by Orson Welles; "The Ten Commandments" [1956] by Cecil B. DeMille; "Lawrence of Arabia" [1962]; "A Man For All Seasons" [1966]; "All The President's Men" [1976]; "Reds" [1981]; "Gandhi" [1982]; Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor" [1987]; "Dances With Wolves" [1990]; Oliver Stone's "J.F.K." [1991]; "Chaplin" [1992]; "Malcolm X" [1992]; and Oliver Stone's "Nixon" [1995] |
 | "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 |
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"American History On The Screen: Film and Video Resources" [for grades 6-12; orig 1993, rev 2002] by Wendy S. Wilson & Gerald H. Herman looks at 14 films in detail, including "The Patriot" [2000], "Dances With Wolves" [1990], "The Grapes of Wrath" [1940], "American Graffiti" [1973], "Glory" [1989], and "Dr. Strangelove" [1964]; also worksheets & other teaching materials Walch Education 10¾x8¼ 2nd edition pb [10/2002] for $22.99 |
 | "The Ancient World In The Cinema (Revised & Expanded Edition)" [orig 1978, rev 2001] by Prof. Jon Solomon Yale Univ Press 10x7 pb [3/2001] for $23.40 Yale Univ Press 10¼x7¼ hardcover [3/2001] for $48.00 |
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"The Historical Film: History and Memory In Media" [2000] Edited & with Introduction by Marcia Landy Rutgers Univ Press 8¾x5¾ pb [10/2000] for $22.45 Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2000] out of print/used |
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"Film Nation: Hollywood Looks At U.S. History" [1997] by Robert Burgoyne Univ MN Press 9x6 pb [8/97] for $22.50 Univ MN Press 9½x6½ hardcover [8/97] out of print/used |
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"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 |
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"Visions of The Past: The Challenge of Film To Our Idea of History" [1996] by Robert A. Rosenstone Harvard Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [8/98] for $22.95 Harvard Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [2/96] out of print/used |
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"The Persistence of History: Cinema, Television and The Modern Event" [1995] by Vivian Sobchack Routledge/A.F.I. 9¼x6 pb [12/95] for $29.95 Routledge/A.F.I. 10x8 hardcover [12/95] out of print/used |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"The Hollywood History of The World: From One Million Years B.C. To Apocalypse Now" [1988] by George MacDonald Fraser Ballantine Books 9¼x6¼ pb [9/89] out of print/used Beech Tree Books hardcover [9/88] out of print/used |
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"Hollywood As Historian: American Film In A Cultural Context" [1983] by Peter C. Rollins Univ Press of KY 9x6 pb [6/97] for $19.80 Univ Press of KY 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/98] out of print/many used Univ Press of KY hardcover [4/83] out of print/rare |
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"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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