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"I'm dazzled by the surreality of [Hollywood] –
it's lack of subtlety, its boldness and venality."
— producer Lynda Obst

"Avarice, corruption, jealousy, envy and general moral bankruptcy
... are the hallmarks of the Hollywood entertainment industry."
— producer/writer Steven Bochco

"There are six stages that go into the process of filmmaking: inspiration, entanglement, panic,
search for the guilty ones, punishment of the innocents, and rewards for the non-participants."
— director Jeremy Paul Kagan

"Hollywood is a jungle where everybody is either predator or prey."
— Wm. Bradford Huie [1910-86]

"The trouble with the motion-picture art was (and is) that it is too much an industry;
and the trouble with the motion picture industry is that it is too much an art.
It is out of this basic contradiction that most of the ills of the form arise."
— Garson Kanin [1912-99]



Industry  Directories

2012 Guide to Literary Agents book edited by Chuck Sambuchino  "2012 Guide To Literary Agents" [2011]  
Edited by Chuck Sambuchino

Writers Digest Books 21st Edition for 2012 for Kindle [9/2011] for $9.12
Writers Digest Books 21st Edition for 2012 9x7 pb [9/2011] for $19.79
Guide to Literary Agents book by Chuck Sambuchino  "Guide to Literary Agents"
by Chuck Sambuchino

Writers Digest Books 18th Edition for 2009 for Kindle [4/2009] for $8.99
Writers Digest Books 2010 edition 9x7 pb [9/2009] out of print/many used
Writers Digest Books 2009 edition 9x7 pb [7/2008] out of print/many used
Jeff Herman's Guide To Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents book  "Jeff Herman's Guide To Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents: Who They Are! What They Want! How to Win Them Over!"
by Jeff Herman

Sourcebooks 20th edition for 2010 pb [10/2009] for $22.99
Three Dog Press 19th edition for 2009 9x7¼ pb [9/2008] out of print/used
Writers Guide To Hollywood Producers  "Writers Guide To Hollywood Producers"
Fade In Books 12th edition for 2011 spiral-bound [1/2011] out of print/used
Fade In Annual Agency Guide  "Fade In Annual Agency Guide"
Fade In Books 12th edition for 2011 10¾x8½ spiral-bound [8/2010] out of print/used

It was probably inevitable, but the Hollywood Creative Directory outfit is halting paper versions of their products at the end of 2011; subscriptions for the new year will be online only. The last paper editions will be coded here, and then updated over time as they eventually go out of print. (The old editions on paper will be useful for some time, depending on the urgency of the owner's needs for names & addresses, etc.) And there are still the several agents & producers directories paper editions from other publishers, as coded above. The future, of course, is with apps for handheld devices and-or content on Kindle & Nook.

Hollywood Creative Directory  "Hollywood Creative Directory"
H.C.D. 73rd edition 11x8¾ pb [9/2011]
for $69.95 from The Writers Store
Hollywood Representation Directory  "Hollywood Representation Directory"
H.C.D. 40th edition hardcover [DUE 2012]
for $79.95 from The Writers Store
Hollywood Distributors Directory  "Hollywood Distribution Directory"
H.C.D. 20th edition [9/2010] was the last printed edition
Hollywood Film Writers Directory  "Hollywood Film Writers Directory"
H.C.D./Lone Eagle 11th edition was in 2003
Hollywood Music Industry Directory  "Hollywood Music Industry Directory"
H.C.D. 5th edition was in 2008

other choices on Magic Lantern's Film Music Page



Books  About  The  Movie  Industry

This Business of Film book by Paula Landry & Stephen Greenwald  "This Business of Film: A Practical Guide To Achieving Success In The Film Industry" [2009]
by Paula Landry & Stephen R. Greenwald

Lone Eagle 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2009] for $18.45
official book site
Basic Business, Legal & Financial Aspects of the Film Industry book by Schuyler M. Moore  "The Biz: The Basic Business, Legal and Financial Aspects of The Film Industry" [orig 2000, rev 2007]
by Schuyler M. Moore

Silman-James Press 3rd edition 9x5¾ pb [6/2007] for $17.79
Bambi vs. Godzilla / The Movie Business book by David Mamet  Bambi vs. Godzilla: On The Nature, Purpose, and Practice of The Movie Business [2007] by David Mamet
Vintage 8x5¼ pb [2/2008] for $10.20
S&S 8¼x5¼ pb [2/2008] out of print/used
Pantheon 8½x5¾ hardcover [2/2007] for $17.16
David Mamet credits at IMDb
Boffo! by Peter Bart  "Boffo!: How I Learned To Love The Blockbuster & Fear The Bomb" [2006] by Peter Bart
Miramax Books 9x6 pb [6/2007] for $13.73
Miramax Books 9½x6¾ hardcover [6/2006] for $26.95
"Boffo!: Tinseltown's Bombs & Blockbusters" documentary
[H.B.O. June 2006]

H.B.O. Home Video widescreen color DVD [11/2006] for $17.99
full credits at IMDb • H.B.O. film site
So You Want To Be A Producer?  
"So You Want To Be A Producer?: Finding Your Story, Obtaining The Rights, Developing The Script, Hiring Your Cast & Crew, and Distrib-uting Your Movie" [2005] by Lawrence Turman
Three Rivers Press 8x5¼ pb [9/2005] for $11.62
Mailroom  "The Mailroom: Hollywood History From The Bottom Up" [2003]
by David Rensin

Ballantine pb [2/2004] for $10.47
Ballantine 9.4x6½ hardcover [2/2003] for $17.47
New Millennium UNABR audio [2/2003] for $27.97
New Millennium UNABR audio CD [3/2003] for $41.97

Women Who Run the Show  "Women Who Run the Show: How A Brilliant & Creative New Generation of Women Stormed Hollywood, 1973-2000" [2002]
by Mollie Gregory

St. Martin 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2002] for $18.87
Bad & Beautiful   "The Bad and The Beautiful: Hollywood In The Fifties" [2002]
by Sam Kashner & Jennifer MacNair

W.W.Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2002] for $18.87
Class Struggle In Hollywood  "Class Struggle In Hollywood, 1930-1950: Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds & Trade Unionists" [2001]
by Gerald Horne

Univ of Texas Press 9x6 pb [2/2001] for $18.36
Gun in Your Pocket?   "Is That A Gun In Your Pocket?: Women's Experience of Power In Hollywood" [2000]
by Rachel Abramowitz

Random House 8x5¼ pb [4/2002] for $11.17
Random House 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2000] for $18.87
Comrades   "Tender Comrades: A Backstory of The Hollywood Blacklist" [1999]
by Patrick McGilligan & Paul Buhle

Griffin Trade 8¾x5¾ pb [2/99] for $15.96

Magic Lantern's Hollywood Blacklist Pages

Monster, Big Screen book by John Gregory Dunne  "Monster: Living Off The Big Screen" [1997] by John Gregory Dunne
Non-fiction account of the eight years it took to make the feature film "Up Close & Personal" [1996] at Touchstone Pictures
Vintage 8x5 pb [3/98] for $11.07
Random House 8¼x5¾ hardcover [2/97] out of print/hundreds used
book entry at Wikipedia
Hello, He Lied   "Hello, He Lied: And Other Truths From The Hollywood Trenches"
[1996] by Lynda Obst

Broadway Books 8¼x5¾ pb [10/97] for $10.47
Little, Brown 9½x6.4 hardcover [9/96] out of print/used
TimeWarner audio [1/97] out of stock/used
A.M.C. tv documentary [Jan 2002]
video not available; full credits from IMDb
Pound of Flesh book by Art Linson  
"A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales of How To Produce Movies In Hollywood" [1993]
by Art Linson

Grove Press 8¼x5½ pb [2/93] for $10.80
Grove Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/93] out of print/used
The Studio book by John Gregory Dunne  "The Studio" [1969] by John Gregory Dunne
Non-fiction account of the year that Dunne spent with total access inside Twentieth Century Fox Studios in Hollywood, covering the development of hits & flops, including "The Boston Strangler", "Dr. Doolittle", "Hello Dolly", "Planet of The Apes" and "Star". Reviewed as "Thirty years later, [it] may still be our most minutely observed and there-fore most uproariously funny portrait of the motion picture business."
Vintage 8x5¼ pb [4/98] for $11.20
Limelight Editions 8¼x5½ pb [4/85] out of print/used
FS&G Book Club 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1969] out of print/used
FS&G 8¼x5½ hardcover [1969] out of print/used



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Industry  Humor

Why didn't the Assistant Director have any fun at the wh*rehouse?
Couldn't get him past the red light.

Hear about the Polish actress?
She went to Hollywood and slept with a writer.

Why don't producers like to read scripts?
Makes their lips tired.

Why does the Teamsters logo have a horse on it?
The horse is the only other animal that sleeps on its feet.

How do you know an agent is lying?
His lips are moving.

Why aren't there any obituaries in 'the trades' for grips?
{growl} Grips eat their dead!

How do you know when it's almost lunchtime on a movie set?
The producers are on set and eating up every morsel on the craft service table.




Films  About  The  Movie  &  TV  Industry

movies about the Television Industry

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Studios  &  Locations

Magic Lantern's  Movie  Studios  Pages
Disney & A.B.C. • M.G.M.-United Artists • News Corp.-Fox
Sony-Columbia-TriStar • Universal • Viacom-Paramount • Warner Bros.

main page • mini-major studios • historic studios • foreign studios


Film  &  TV  Studio  Facilities

Gammons Gulch Old West Movie Set & Museum in SE Arizona
Old Tucson Studios [est. 1939] near Tucson, Arizona
Old Tucson Studios Mescal Ranch facility near Benson, Arizona

The Culver Studios [est. 1918] in Culver City, California
Pioneertown movie ranch [est. 1946] in California
Santa Clarita [CA] Studios

Santa Ventura Studios [est. 1997]          Occidental Studios companies, in East Hollywood, CA {requires Flash}

Toronto [Canada] Film Studios
Mel's la Citι du Cinιma in Montreal
North Shore Studios/Mammoth Studios {formerly LionsGate Studios}
of Vancouver, BC Canada

E.U.E./Screen Gems Studios - Atlanta, Georgia
Tyler Perry Studios [est. 10/2008] in Atlanta, GA
Plymouth Rock Studios [to open in 2010] near historic Plymouth, MA
controversial Hangar 42 Studios [opened? 2/2010, website parked] west of Grand Rapids, Michigan

Magic Lantern's New Mexico Film Industry Pages
LionsGate Movie Studio in Rio Rancho, New Mexico { deal expired 11/2008 }

the Albuquerque [NM] Studios facility [opened June 2007] at Mesa del Sol area of SE Albuquerque, New Mexico          Rio Grande Studios [est. 2004] in NE Albuquerque, New Mexico          Santa Fe Film & Media Studios on NM Highway 14 southeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico [opened 10/2011] - 'full site launching soon'

E.U.E./Screen Gems Studios - New York City
Metropolis Studios [est. 1982] digital television facility in New York City
E.U.E./Screen Gems Studios - Wilmington, North Carolina

Alamo Village outdoor movie set near Brackettville, Texas
Spiderwood Studios [est. 2003], east of Austin, Texas

Frontier Movie Town in Kanab, Utah

Locations  Information
U.S.A. Movies website
film commissions list at Ryder Makeup Labs website
Film In America - locations info

Reel Scout online film/tv location scouting [est. 2004] {some functions are for-fee}
Mario's Motion Picture Catering [est. 1983] - branches in AZ, CA, GA, IL & NM

Alabama Film Office
Sedona [AZ] Film Office
Tucson [AZ] Film Office
California Film Commission
California Regional Film Office listing {766 KB PDF file}
Kern County [CA] Film Commission
#9 on MovieMaker Magazine's 2011 list of Best U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies  Film Los Angeles [CA]
Film Ventura County [CA] website
Florida Office of Film & Entertainment
list of movies filmed in Florida
Sarasota County [FL] Film & Entertainment Office
Film and TV Production in Georgia
#5 on MovieMaker Magazine's 2011 list of Best U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies  City of Atlanta, Georgia
City of Savannah [GA] Film Office
mentioned (#12) on MovieMaker Magazine's 2011 list of Best U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies  City of Wichita [KS] Film Commission
#3 on MovieMaker Magazine's 2011 list of Best U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies  City of New Orleans [LA] Film Office
#1 on MovieMaker Magazine's 2011 list of Best U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies  Boston & Massachusetts Film Office
Michigan Film Office
Save Michigan's Film Incentive Program {The People} vs. Gov. Rick Snyder
#8 on MovieMaker Magazine's 2011 list of Best U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies  Film Detroit [Michigan]
Montana Film Office
Magic Lantern's New Mexico Film Industry Pages
#2 on MovieMaker Magazine's 2011 list of Best U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies  City of Albuquerque [NM] Film Office
#7 on MovieMaker Magazine's 2011 list of Best U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies  Brooklyn [New York City] Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting
Syracuse [NY] Film Office
Ohio Film Office
Oklahoma Territory Film Council
Oregon Office of Film & Television
honorable mention (#11) on MovieMaker Magazine's 2011 list of Best U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies  Portland [OR] Mayor's Office of Film and Video

Texas Film Commission [est. 1971]
Texas Association of Film Commissions
Amarillo [TX] Film Commission
#4 on MovieMaker Magazine's 2011 list of Best U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies  Austin [TX] Film Office
Brownsville [TX] Border Film Commission
Dallas [TX] Film Commission
El Paso [TX] Film Commission
Houston [TX] Film Commission
San Angelo [TX] Film Commission
mentioned (#13) on MovieMaker Magazine's 2011 list of Best U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies  San Antonio [TX] Film Commission
South Padre Island [TX] Film Commission

Virginia Film Office
#10 on MovieMaker Magazine's 2011 list of Best U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies  Richmond, Virginia
#6 on MovieMaker Magazine's 2011 list of Best U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies  Seattle [WA] Office of Film + Music

New South Wales Film & Television Office in Sydney, Australia
Thompson-Nicola Film Commission of British Columbia, Canada
British Columbia, Canada Film Commission
government film & media agency of London, U.K.

Association of Film Commissioners International, based in Wyoming

100 Years of Chicago & The Movies book by Arnie Bernstein  
"Hollywood On Lake Michigan: 100 Years of Chicago & The Movies" [1998]
by Arnie Bernstein

Lake Claremont Press 8½x5½ pb [9/98] out of print/used
Shot On This Site Traveler's Guide book by William A. Gordon  "Shot On This Site: A Traveler's Guide To The Places & Locations Used To Film Famous Movies & TV Shows" [2000]
by William A. Gordon

Citadel 10x7 pb [6/2000] out of print/used
Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations  "The Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations: The Ultimate Travel Guide To Film Sites Around The World" [orig 2001, rev 2006]
by Tony Reeves

Titan Books updated edition 8¾x6 pb [9/2006] for $14.96
official booksite
Nevada Filmography book by Gary Duval  "The Nevada Filmography: Nearly 600 Works Made In The State,
1897 Through 2000" [2002]
by Gary Duval

McFarland & Co. 11x8½ pb [7/2002] for $75.00
North Carolina Filmography book by Jenny Henderson   "The North Carolina Filmography: Over 2000 Film and Television Works Made In The State, 1905 Through 2000" [2002]
by Jenny Henderson

McFarland & Co. 11x8½ pb [7/2002] for $75.00
Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York book by Richard Alleman  "New York: The Movie Lover's Guide - The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York" [2005] by Richard Alleman
Broadway Books 8x4¾ pb [2/2005] for $11.96
Besides covering many, many filming locations – from New Jersey to Bedford-Stuyvesant & Queens & Staten Island to Manhattan's Tribeca & Greenwich Village & Upper West Side – the text & pictures also describe stars' childhood homes & luxury residences, film & TV studios, movie palaces & Broadway theaters, and past & present hangouts of celebrities
Filmadelphia: A Celebration of Philadelphia's Movies book by Irv Slifkin  "filmadelphia: A Celebration of A City's Movies" [2006] by Irv Slifkin
Middle Atlantic Press 7¾x9 pb [11/2006] for $17.95
films covered include "Kitty Foyle" [1940] starring Ginger Rogers; "The Philadelphia Story"
[1940] starring Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart & Cary Grant; "The Blob" [1958]; "David and Lisa" [1962]; Hitchcock's "Marnie" [1964]; Disney's "The Happiest Millionaire" [1967]; "1776" [1972]; Sylvester Stallone's "Rocky" [1976]; "Blow Out" [1981] by Brian De Palma; "Eddie and The Cruisers" [1983]; "Trading Places" [1983] starring Dan Aykroyd & Eddie Murphy; "Mannequin" [1987] starring Andrew McCarthy & Kim Cattrall; "Philadelphia" [1993] starring Tom Hanks; Toni Morrison's "Beloved" [1998]; "Unbreakable" [2000] starring Bruce Willis; "The Village" [2004]; and "Jersey Girl" [2004]
Florida in the Movies book by Susan Fernandez & Robert Ingalls  
"Sunshine In The Dark: Florida In The Movies" [2006]
by Susan J. Fernandez & Robert P. Ingalls

Univ Press Florida 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2006] for $34.95
Cities of the World in Film  "On Location: Cities of The World In Film" [2006]
by Claudia Hellmann & Claudine Weber-Hof

Bucher 10½x8¾ hardcover [11/2006] for $29.70
"On Location 2: Famous Landscapes In Film" [2007]
by Claudia Hellmann & Claudine Weber-Hof

Bucher 10½x8¾ hardcover [11/2007] for $34.20
Toronto on Film book by Geoff Pevere  "Toronto On Film" [2007] by Geoff Pevere
contributors include Piers Handing (of Toronto's International Film Festival), Matthew Hays, Wyndham Wise, Brenda Longfellow, Steve Gravestock & Justin D. Edwards (of Toronto's International Film Festival)
Indiana Univ Press 8x5¾ pb [2/2007] for $14.00
Florida on Film book by Susan Doll & David Morrow  "Florida On Film: The Essential Guide To Sunshine State Cinema & Locations" [2007]
by Susan Doll & David Morrow

Univ Press Florida 9x6 pb [6/2007] for $19.95
Movie London Exploring The City Film-By-Film book by Tony Reeves  "Movie London: Exploring The City Film-By-Film" [2008]
by Tony Reeves

Titan Books 8¾x5¾ pb [5/2008] for $11.21
Old Tucson Studios / Images of America book by Paul J. Lawton  "Old Tucson Studios (Images of America)" [2008]
by Paul J. Lawton

Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [5/2008] for $19.99

look for "Hollywood In The Desert: The Films of Old Tucson" [?] by Paul J. Lawton
not found on Amazon or B&N (6/2011)

Great Western Movie Locations book by Tinsley E. Yarbrough  "Those Great Western Movie Locations" [2008]
by Tinsley E. Yarbrough

Tumbleweed Press 11x8½ hardcover [10/2008] for $45.00
Moving Pictures, Stopping Places book edited by David B. Clarke, Valerie Crawford Pfannhause & Marcus Doel   "Moving Pictures/Stopping Places: Hotels and Motels On Film" [2009]
Edited by David B. Clarke, Valerie Crawford Pfannhause & Marcus A. Doel

Films examined include Hitchcock's "Psycho" [1960], Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" [1980], "Barton Fink" [1991], "Motel Cactus (Motel Seoninjang)" [South Korea 1997], "Lost In Translation" [2003], many more
Lexington Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2009] for $68.07
Arizona's Little Hollywood book by Joe McNeill  "Arizona's Little Hollywood: Sedona and Northern Arizona's Forgotten Film History, 1923-1973" [2010]
by Joe McNeill

Bar 225 Media, Ltd. 10x7¼ hardcover [5/2010] for $42.00
History of Moviemaking in Utah book by James D'Arc  "When Hollywood Came To Town: The History of Moviemaking In Utah"
[2010] by James D'Arc

Gibbs Smith 8½x8 hardcover [9/2010] for $19.80
Location Filming In Los Angeles book by Karie Bible, Marc Wanamaker & Harry Medved  "Location Filming In Los Angeles (Images of America Series)" [2010]
by Karie Bible, Marc Wanamaker & Harry Medved

Arcadia Publng 9x6&frac2 pb [11/2010] for $14.95
Shot in Oklahoma book by John Wooley  "Shot In Oklahoma: A Century of Sooner State Cinema" [2011]
by John Wooley

Univ OK Press 9x6 pb [4/2011] for $13.22
World Film Locations, Los Angeles book by Gabriel Solomons  "World Film Locations: Los Angeles" [2011]
by Gabriel Solomons

Series book spotlights location-specific scenes from classic & contemporary films shot in the City of Angels, with particular emphasis on filmmakers such as Robert Altman, Nicholas Ray, Michael Mann & Roman Polanski
Intellect Books U.K. 9¾x6 pb [8/2011] for $12.24
World Film Locations, New York book by Scott Jordan Harris  "World Film Locations: New York" [2011]
by Scott Jordan Harris

Series book spotlights 45+ location-specific scenes from classic & contemporary films shot in The City of New York, with particular emphasis on filmmakers such as Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Sidney Lumet & Spike Lee
Intellect Books U.K. 9¾x6 pb [8/2011] for $12.24
World Film Locations, Tokyo book by Chris MaGee  "World Film Locations: Tokyo" [2011]
by Chris MaGee

Series book spotlights fifty location-specific scenes from classic & contemporary films shot in Tokyo, with particular emphasis on filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa, Samuel Fuller & Sofia Coppola
Intellect Books U.K. 9¾x6 pb [8/2011] for $12.24
World Film Locations, London book by Neil Mitchell  "World Film Locations: London" [2011]
by Neil Mitchell

Intellect Books U.K. 9¾x6 pb [8/2011] for $12.24



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