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I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.
— Peter De Vries [1910-93]
The whole history of art is no more than a massive footnote to the history of film.
— critic Hollis Frampton
Movie & TV Writers
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author & critic James Agee [1909-55]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Agee
screenwriters Edna & Edward Anhalt
Robert Benton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benton
writer A.I. Bezzerides [1908-2007]
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0080135/
pal of writer John Fante [1909-83]
"The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides" [2005] /tt0445081/
screenwriter Shane Black
screenwriter Charles Brackett
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brackett
writer W.R. Burnett [1899-1982] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore
writer Paddy Chayefsky [1923-81]
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Collected Screenplays Collected Teleplays Collected Stageplays
screenwriter Diablo Cody
composer & playwright Noel Coward
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Coward
screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.A.L._Diamond
often collaborated as writer and-or producer with Billy Wilder [1906-2002]
screenwriter Julius J. Epstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_J._Epstein
writer John Fante [1909-83] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore
writer Wm. Faulkner [1897-1962] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore
Andrew J. Fenady [b. 1928]
books
credits on IMDb
Wikipedia {empty}
screenwriter Carl Foreman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Foreman
screenwriter Harriet Frank, Jr.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Frank_Jr.
screenwriter Melvin Frank
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Frank
screenwriter Larry Gelbart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Gelbart
screenwriter Bo Goldman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Goldman
screenwriter William Goldman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Goldman
writing team Albert Hackett & Frances Goodrich
Albert Hackett [1900-95]
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Frances Goodrich {Ames Hackett} [1890-1984]
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team wrote screenplays for three of the 'Thin Man' Movies
team nominated for four Best Screenplay Oscars, won four W.G.A. Awards
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"The Real Nick and Nora: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Writers of Stage and Screen Classics" [2001] by David L Goodrich Southern Illinois Univ Press 8¾x5¾ pb [10/2004] out of print/used Southern Illinois Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2001] for $30.00 |
![won Oscar of Best Original Story for "Underworld" [1927]](images/oscar_sm.gif) | writer Ben Hecht [1894-1964] browse books IMDb listing Broadway credits Wikipedia |
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"Ben Hecht: The Man Behind The Legend" [1990] by William MacAdams Barricade Books 9x6½ pb [2/95] out of print/used Scribner hardcover [3/90] out of print/used "A Child of The Century" [1985] memoirs of Ben Hecht Plume 7x5 pb [5/85] out of print/used Dutton hardcover [5/85] out of print/used |
[blacklistee] Lillian Hellman [1905-84]
screenwriter Buck Henry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Henry
screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala
screenwriter Nunnally Johnson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunnally_Johnson
writer-director Garson Kanin [1912-99]
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married to actress Ruth Gordon [1896-1985] from 1942 to 1985
"The True Glory" [1945] co-directed by Carol Reed;
won an Academy Award for Best Documentary
 | "Moviola" [1979 bestselling novel] by Garson Kanin
A novelization of Kanin's life on Broadway & in Hollywood; aged movie mogul Ben Farber tells tales from his seventy years in show business, with an all-star cast. Pocket TV tie-in mass pb [4/80] out of print/many, many used S&S 9½x6¼ hardcover [11/79] out of print/many, many used book cited as the source for three NBC-TV movies: "This Year's Blonde" [May 1980] about Marilyn Monroe & Johnny Hyde DVD/Blu-ray not available; full credits at IMDb "The Scarlett O'Hara War" [May 1980] about making "Gone With The Wind" [1939] DVD/Blu-ray not available; full credits at IMDb "The Silent Lovers" [May 1980] about Greta Gartbo & John Gilbert DVD/Blu-ray not available; full credits at IMDb |
"A Family Affair: The Kanins In Hollywood and On Broadway" [2009]
by (nephew) Josh Kanin & Wayne Lindholm
screenwriter Charlie Kaufman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Kaufman
screenwriter Norman Krasna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Krasna
[blacklistee] screenwriter Ring Lardner, Jr. [1915-2000]
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 | "I'd Hate Myself In The Morning: A Memoir" [2000] by Ring Lardner, Jr.; Introduction by Victor Navasky Thunder's Mouth Press 9¼x6 pb [10/2001] for $10.17 Nation Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2000] for $15.61 |
screenwriter Ernest Lehman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Lehman
screenwriter & author Anita Loos [1888-1981]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Loos
screenwriter Charles MacArthur
screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Mankiewicz
screenwriter Abby Mann
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abby_Mann
screenwriter Frances Marion [1886-1973]
screenwriter Paul Mazursky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mazursky
author Arthur Miller [1915-2005]
screenwriter Dudley Nichols
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Nichols
[blacklistee] writer-director Clifford Odets [1906-63]
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Clifford Odets papers at Indiana University
 | "Clifford Odets: American Playwright - The Years From 1906-1940" [2002] by Margaret Brenman-Gibson {the author died before completing the second volume} Applause Books 9x6½ pb [1/2002] for $15.56 |
screenwriter Norman Panama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Panama
author Dorothy Parker [1893-1967]
screenwriter Eleanor Perry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Perry
screenwriter Frank Pierson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Pierson
screenwriter Robert Riskin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Riskin
[blacklistee] screenwriter Waldo Salt [1914-87]
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Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival
(daughter) actress-screenwriter Jennifer Salt
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writer Budd Schulberg [1914-2009]
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"What Makes Sammy Run?" [1941 novel]
"The Harder They Fall" [1947 novel]
cooperating witness for the H.U.A.C. blacklist hearings
Oscar-winning screenplay "On The Waterfront" [1954], also won W.G.A. Award
"A Face In The Crowd" [1957 screenplay]
produced "Wind Across The Everglades" [1958] directed by Nicholas Ray
 | "Moving Pictures: Memories of A Hollywood Prince" [orig 1981] by Budd Schulberg Ivan R. Dee, Publrs 8¾x6½ pb [9/2003] for $17.05 Stein & Day 9x6¼ hardcover [9/82] out of print/used |
Produced, co-written & directed by {son} Benn Schulberg; full credits at IMDb
screenwriter Rod Serling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling
http://www.ithaca.edu/rhp/serling
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"Patterns" [United Artists 1956] Serling's forceful study of ruthless greed & abuse of power in corporate America Directed by Fielder Cook; written by Rod Serling; starring Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley, Beatrice Straight & Andrew Duggan VCI b&w VHS [7/98] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb |
"The Twilight Zone" TV series
screenwriter Melville Shavelson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Shavelson
screenwriter Stirling Silliphant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_Silliphant
screenwriter Robert Towne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Towne
[blacklistee] screenwriter Dalton Trumbo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Trumbo
Cinema Historians
cinema historian Kevin Brownlow Page
often worked with David Gill {below}
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cinema historian Bernard F. Dick []
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 | "Engulfed: The Death of Paramount Pictures & The Birth of Corporate Hollywood" [1980] by Bernard F. Dick Univ Press of KY 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2001] for $35.00 |
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"Hellman In Hollywood" [1982] by Bernard F. Dick Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press 8¾x6 hardcover [12/82] for $29.50 |
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"The Star-Spangled Screen: The American World War II Film" [1985] by Bernard F. Dick Univ Press of KY 9x6 pb [12/96] for $22.00 Univ Press of KY 9¾x6½ hardcover [8/85] out of print/used |
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"Radical Innocence: A Critical Study of The Hollywood Ten" [1989] by Bernard F. Dick Univ Press of KY 9½x6¼ hardcover [2/89] for $35.00 more info on Magic Lantern's Hollywood Blacklist Pages |
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"Columbia Pictures: Portrait of A Studio" [1991] by Bernard F. Dick Univ Press of KY 9½x6½ hardcover [10/91] for $24.95 |
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"City of Dreams: The Making & Remaking of Universal Pictures" [1997] by Bernard F. Dick Univ Press of KY 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/97] for $35.00 |
"The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row: Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures" [1993]
by Bernard F. Dick 0813118417
"Anatomy of Film" [2001] by Bernard F. Dick 0312259441
"Hal Wallis: Producer To The Stars" [2004] by Bernard F. Dick 0813123178
cinιaste & reviewer William K. Everson [1929-96]
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William K. Everson Papers at N.Y.U.
"Hollywood Bedlam: Classic Screwball Comedies" [1994]
entertainment biographer Michael Freedman
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"Cagney: A Biography" [1975] by Michael Freedland
"The Two Lives of Errol Flynn" [1979] by Michael Freedland
see also Magic Lantern's Errol Flynn [1909-59] Page
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"The Warner Brothers" [1983] by Michael Freedland
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"Katharine Hepburn" biography [1984] by Michael Freedland
"Peter O'Toole: A Biography" [1985] by Michael Freedland
"The Secret Life of Danny Kaye" [1985] by Michael Freedland /0491039808/
see also Magic Lantern's Danny Kaye [1913-87] Page
"The Goldwyn Touch: A Biography of Sam Goldwyn" [1986] by Michael Freedland
"Jane Fonda: A Biography" [1989] by Michael Freedland
"Bing Crosby: The Illustrated Biography" [1998] by Michael Freedland
"All The Way: A Biography of Frank Sinatra" [1998] by Michael Freedland
"Bob Hope: An Illustrated Biography" [2001] by Michael Freedland
"Doris Day: The Illustrated Biography" [2001] by Michael Freedland
"Confessions of A Serial Biographer" [2005] by Michael Freedland 9780853036197
"Hollywood On Trial: McCarthyism's War Against The Movies" [2008]
by Michael Freedland, with Barbra Paskin
"Witch Hunt In Hollywood: McCarthyism's War On Tinseltown" [2009] by Michael Freedland
see also Spirit of America's Joseph McCarthy [1908-57] Page
 | "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 |
cinema historian David Gill [1928-97]
often worked with Kevin Brownlow {above}
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cinema historian Ronald Haver [1939-93]
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"David O. Selznick's Hollywood" [1980] by Ronald Haver
Random House hardcover [6/87] out of print/used
Knopf hardcover [10/80] for $85.00
"A Star Is Born: The Making of The 1954 Movie and Its 1983 Restoration" [1988]
by Ronald Haver 9780060972745
cinema historian James Robert Parish
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"The Fox Girls: Starring 15 Beautiful Vixens and One Adorable Cub" [1971]
by James Robert Parish, with 850 b&w photographs
featuring Theda Bara, Anne Baxter, Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Alice Faye, Janet Gaynor, Betty Grable, June Haver, skater Sonja
Henie, Carmen Miranda, Marilyn Monroe, Sheree North, Shirley Temple {the 'cub'}, Gene Tierney, Raquel Welch & Loretta Young
Arlington House hardcover [1972] out of print/used
Arlington House hardcover [1971] out of print/many used
 | "The Slapstick Queens" [1973] by James Robert Parish Oak Tree Publns hardcover [3/77] out of print/used A.S. Barnes hardcover [1973] out of print/used |
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"The M.G.M. Stock Company: The Golden Era" [1974] by James Robert Parish & Ronald L. Bowers Outlet 9x6 hardcover [10/77] out of print/used Allan hardcover [1974] out of print/used |
 | "The Great Gangster Pictures" [1976] by James Robert Parish Scarecrow hardcover [5/76] out of stock/used "The Great Gangster Pictures II" [1987] by James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Scarecrow hardcover [5/87] for $50.00 |
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"The Great Western Pictures" [1976] by James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Scarecrow hardcover [12/76] out of print/used "The Great Western Pictures II" [1988] by James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Scarecrow hardcover [7/88] for $55.00 |
"The Best of M.G.M.: The Golden Years, 1928-59" [1981]
by James Robert Parish, Gregory W. Mank & Richard Picchiarini
Arlington House hardcover [1981] out of print/used
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"The Great Detective Pictures" [1990] by James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Scarecrow Press hardcover [8/90] for $70.00 |
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"The Great Combat Pictures: Twentieth-Century Warfare On The Screen" [1990] by James Robert Parish Scarecrow Press 9x6½ hardcover [9/90] for $74.80 |
 | "The Great Hollywood Musical Pictures" [1993] by James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Scarecrow Press 9x6 hardcover [9/93] out of print/used |
preservationist David Shepard
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"D.W. Griffith: A Biograph Treasury" [1975] by David Shepard out of print/scarce
"King Vidor" by King Vidor, Interviewed by Nancy Dowd & David Shepard" [1988] /0810821613/
"Henry King, Director: From Silents To 'Scope" [1995] by David Shepard /1882766032/
"My Seventy Years at Paramount Studios and the Directors Guild of America" [2/96]
by Joseph C. Youngerman, Interviewed by Ira Skutch & David Shepard /1882766024/
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"A critic is a man who knows the way, but can't drive the car." "Familiarity breeds contempt only among [movie] critics."
Cinema Critics & Theorists
— Kenneth Tynan
— Richard Corliss, in Time Magazine
'film criticism' topic at Wikipedia
list of film critics at Wikipedia
[U.S.A.] National Society of Film Critics [est. 1966] entry at Wikipedia
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"American Movie Critics: An Anthology From The Silents Until Now" [2006] Edited by Phillip Lopate Library of America 9¼x6 pb [1/2008] for $14.96 Library of America 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2006] for $30.12 critics and writers included are James Agee, John Ashbery. James Baldwin, Vincent Canby, Manohla Dargis, Roger Ebert, Ralph Ellison, Manny Farber, Otis Ferguson, Brendan Gill, Molly Haskell, Pauline Kael, Vachel Lindsay, Carl Sandburg, Andrew Sarris, Richard Schickel, Susan Sontag, Edmund Wilson (and others) |
author & critic James Agee [1909-55]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Agee
Hollis Alpert [1916-2007]
Andrι Bazin
http://www.amazon.com/What-Cinema-Vol-Andre-Bazin/dp/0520242270/
director & critic Peter Bogdanovich
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Vincent Canby
Jay Cocks
Richard Corliss
Judith Crist
Bosley Crowther [1905-81]
film critic at the New York Times, 1940-67
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosley_Crowther
"The Lion's Share: The Story of An Entertainment Empire" [1957]
by Bosley Crowther ISBN 0404200710 ISBN 978-0404200718
"The Great Films: Fifty Golden Years of Motion Pictures" [Putnam, 1971]
by Bosley Crowther ISBN 0399103619 ISBN 978-0399103612
"Bosley Crowther: Social Critic of Yhe Film, 1940-1967" [1974]
by Frank Eugene Beaver ISBN 040504870X ISBN 978-0405048708
Manohla Dargis
Gilles Deleuze [France; 1925-95]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Deleuze
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/deleuze.htm
'Le Course de Gilles Deleuze' at WebDeleuze {French-language only}
"L'Image-Mouvement" (The Movement-Image) [1983]
"L'Image-Temps" (The Time-Image) [1985]
"L'Abιcιdaire de Gilles Deleuze" [France 1996 TV miniseries]
eight 1-hour episodes; Gilles Deleuze interviewed by Claire Parnet; directed by Pierre-Andrι Boutang
video/DVD not available; credits at IMDb
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"The Brain Is the Screen: Deleuze and The Philosophy of Cinema" [2000] Edited by Gregory Flaxman Univ MN Press 8¾x6¼ pb [2/2000] for $21.15 Univ MN Press 9¼x6¼ library hardcover [2/2000] for $70.50 |
 | "Deleuze On Cinema" [2003] by Ronald Bogue
"An extremely lucid and nearly seamless analysis of both of Deleuze's cinema books." Routledge 9x6 pb [3/2003] for $25.55 Routledge 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2003] for $100.00 |
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"The Matrix of Visual Culture: Working With Deleuze In Film Theory" [2003] by Patricia Pisters Stanford Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [7/2003] for $24.25 Stanford Univ Press hardcover [7/2003] for $60.00 |
David Denby
film critic for The New Yorker Magazine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Denby_(film_critic)
Daniel Eagan
film critic for Film Journal and The Hollywood Reporter
 | "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 |
Roger Ebert
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Roger Ebert's Film Festival [April 2009 = #11] in Champaign, IL
Roger Ebert's Journal homepage at the Chicago Sun-Times
Lotte H. Eisner [1896-1983]
credits at IMDb
entry at Wikipedia
employed 1945-75 as archivist at Cinιmathθque Franηaise [est. 1936] in Paris, France
Manny Farber [1917-2008]
Farber's film criticism & essays appeared in Artforum, City, Film Comment,
The Nation, The New Leader, and New Republic
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"Negative Space: Manny Farber On The Movies" [1971] Preface by Robert Walsh Perseus Publng Expanded Edition 8x5 pb [3/98] out of print/used Studio Vista hardcover [4/71] out of print/used |
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"Farber On Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber" [2009] Edited by Robert Polito Library of America 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2009] for $26.40 |
Otis Ferguson
Hollis Frampton [1936-84]
official website
credits at IMDb
entry at Wikipedia
 | "On The Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters: The Writings of Hollis Frampton" [2009] Edited by Bruce Jenkins M.I.T. Press 9¼x7¼ hardcover [4/2009] for $26.37 |
Leslie Halliwell
Molly Haskell + books
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"Frankly, My Dear: Gone With Yhe Wind Revisited" [2009] by Molly Haskell Yale Univ Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [2/2009] for $16.32 author's official homepage |
Pauline Kael + books
Stuart Klawans
has been the film critic for The Nation Magazine since 1988
poet & critic Vachel Lindsay [1879-1931]
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poetry page
'Congo' etext
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"The Art of The Moving Picture" [orig 1915; rev 2000] by Vachel Lindsay; edited by Martin Scorsese Modern Library 8x5 pb [3/2000] for $15.00 |
critic Jeffrey Lyons
film critic on WPIX, 1970-91; hosted "The Lyons Den" radio show on WCBS-AM, 1975-93;
co-host of "Sneak Previews", 1982-96; film & theatre critic on WNBC, 1996-2009
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 | "Jeffrey Lyons' 100 Great Movies For Kids" [1996]
Lyons's choices range from obvious to surprising, such as: "A Christmas Story"; "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court"; "The Adventures of Robin Hood" [1938] with Errol Flynn; "Around The World In 80 Days"; "Bad Day At Black Rock" with Spencer Tracy; "The Bridge On The River Kwai"; "Captain Blood" [1935] with Errol Flynn; "The Court Jester" with Danny Kaye; "Field of Dreams"; "Friendly Persuasion"; "Harvey"; "Hoosiers"; "How The West Was Won"; "Inheret The Wind"; Hemingway's "Islands In The Stream"; "The King and I"; "Little Women"; Frank Capra's "Lost Horizon" [1937]; John Ford's "Mister Roberts" [1955]; Frank Capra's "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" [1939]; "Mutiny On The Bounty"; Frank Capra's "Pocketful of Miracles" [1961]; "The Red Balloon"; John Steinbeck's "The Red Pony"; "Stand and Deliver" with Edward James Olmos; "To Kill A Mocking-bird"; and "Treasure Island" Fireside 9x6¼ pb [4/96] for $18.95 |
critic & historian Leonard Maltin
 | "Movie Comedy Teams" [1970] by Leonard Maltin "An affectiuonate and penetrating history of the unforgettable comic combinations that made millions laugh. Fully illustrated, with a complete Filmography and Index" Plume mass pb [8/85] out of print/used |
 | "The Great Movie Shorts: Those Wonderful One- and Two-Reelers of The Thirties & Forties" [1972] by Leonard Maltin, with 'more than 200 nostalgic photos' Crown Publrs 11x8½ hardcover [1972] out of print/used |
 | "The Disney Films" [orig 1973] by Leonard Maltin Disney Books 11x8½ 4th edition pb [8/2000] out of print/used Disney Books 11x8½ 3rd edition pb [9/95] out of print/many used Crown hardcover [1973] out of print/used Random House hardcover [1973] out of print/used |
 | "The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang - A Nostalgic Look At The Careers & The 221 Films of America's Most-Beloved Mischief-Makers" [orig 1977] by Leonard Maltin & Richard W. Bann
Three Rivers Press 10¾x8½ pb [rev 11/92] for $16.46 Crown Books pb [4/84] out of print/used Crown Books hardcover [7/80] out of print/used |
 | "Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons" [1980] by Leonard Maltin Plume 9¼x7½ pb [12/87] for $19.80 McGraw-Hill hardcover [4/80] out of print/used |
 | "The Great Movie Comedians, From Charlie Chaplin To Woody Allen" [1982] by Leonard Maltin Random House pb [3/82] out of print/used Random House Value Publng hardcover [12/88] out of print/many used Harmony hardcover [6/82] out of print/used |
Michael Medved
is an idealogue, not a critic
James Monaco
Devin D. O'Leary
film critic at The Weekly Alibi in Albuquerque, NM
Andrew Sarris
Richard Schickel
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Frank Capra" [1973 TV] /tt0070070/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: George Cukor" [1973 TV] /tt0070103/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Howard Hawks" [1973 TV] /tt0070199/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Alfred Hitchcock" [1973 TV] /tt0069686/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Vincente Minnelli" [1973 TV] /tt0070882/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: King Vidor" [1973 TV] /tt0070272/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Raoul Walsh" [1973 TV] /tt0070591/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: William A. Wellman" [1973 TV] /tt0070922/
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"The Men Who Made The Movies: Interviews With Frank Capra, George Cukor, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Vincente Minnelli, King Vidor, Raoul Walsh & William A. Wellman" [1975] by Richard Schickel Ivan R. Dee, Publr 9x6 pb [4/2001] for $19.95 Atheneum 10¼x7¼ hardcover [1975] out of print/used |
John Simon
David Sterritt
critic at the Christian Science Monitor, 1968-2005
David Thomson
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"Have You Seen ... ?: A Personal Introduction To 1,000 Films" [2008] by David Thomson Knopf 9½x6¾ hardcover [10/2008] for $26.37 |
Kenneth Turan
film critic at the Los Angeles Times since 1991
Kenneth Turan entry at Wikipedia
lecturer on film at U.S.C.
"Sinema: American Pornographic Films and The People Who Make Them" [1974]
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"Sundance To Sarajevo: Film Festivals and The World They Made" [2002] by Kenneth Turan Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [11/2003] for $12.44 Univ CA Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2002] for $35.00 |
 | "Never Coming To A Theater Near You: A Celebration of A Certain Kind of Movie" [2004] by Kenneth Turan PublicAffairs bargain-priced 8x5½ pb [11/2005] for $3.34 [sic] PublicAffairs 9¼x6 hardcover [9/2004] for $25.00 |
On Cinema Aesthetics
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"The Movies Are: Carl Sandburg's Film Reviews and Essays, 1920-1928" [2000] Edited & with commentary by Arnie Bernstein, Introduction by Roger Ebert Lake Claremont Press 9x6 pb [10/2000] for $17.95 |
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"Our Movie-Made Children" [1933 classic] by H.J. Forman
described as 'a popular summary of twelve independent investigations made during 1929 to 1933 at the request of the Motion Picture Research Council, supported by the Payne Fund' Mellon Press 8½x5½ pb [6/2008] for $29.95 Bowen Press 8¼x5½ pb [10/2007] for $29.45 |
 | "Theory of Film: The Redemption of Physical Reality" [orig 1960] by Siegfried Kracauer [1899-1966], Introduction by Miriam Hansen "Kracauer's magnum opus of media aesthetics" Princeton Univ Press 8x5¼ pb [11/97] for $21.75 Oxford Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/65] out of print/used |
 | "The Cinema As Art" [1966] by Ralph Stephenson & J.R. Debrix Penguin 7x5 pb [2/90] out of print/used Penguin 7x5 pb [4/66] out of print/used |
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"Film Art: An Introduction" [orig 1979] with tutorial CD-ROM by David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson McGraw-Hill 8th edition 10¾x8½ pb & CD-ROM [11/2006] for $79.87 McGraw-Hill 6th edition 10x8½ pb [6/2003] out of print/used David Bordwell's official website |
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"Hollywood Genres: Formulas, Filmmaking, and The Studio System" [1981] by Thomas Schatz McGraw-Hill 9x7¼ pb [2/81] for $63.70 Temple Univ Press hardcover [2/81] out of print/used |
 | "Philosophy of The Film: Epistemology, Ontology, Aesthetics" [1987] by Ian Jarvie Routledge 8½x5¾ library hardcover [8/87] for $130.00 |
 | "Classical Hollywood Comedy (A.F.I. Film Readers Series)" [1994] Edited by Kristine Brunovska Karnick & Henry Jenkins Routledge 8¾x6 pb [10/94] for $35.05 Routledge 10x8 hardcover [10/94] out of print/used |
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"Placing Movies: The Practice of Film Criticism" [1995] by Jonathan Rosenbaum Univ CA Press 8¾x6¼ pb [5/95] for $26.95 Univ CA Press hardcover [5/95] out of print/used |
 | "Cinema Nation: The Best Writing On Film From The Nation, 1913-2000" [2000] Edited by Carl Bromley Thunder's Mouth Press 9x6 pb [10/2000] for $16.95 |
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"Looking At Movies: An Introduction To Film" book & CD-ROM [2003] by Richard Barsam 2nd edition: Norton 10x7¾ pb & CD-ROM [11/2006] 2 disks & book for $49.51 1st edition: Norton 9x7¼ pb & CD-ROM [8/2003] out of print/many used |
 | "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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"Film Analysis: A Norton Reader" [2005] Edited by Jeffrey Geiger & R.L. Rutsky W.W. Norton pb [6/2005] for $32.55 |
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"The Eisenstein Collection" [26 essays; 2006] by Sergei M. Eisenstein, edited by Richard Taylor Seagull Books 9½x6¼ pb [3/2006] for $34.20 |
 | "The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies" [2006] by David Bordwell Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [4/2006] for $16.47 Univ CA Press 9x5¾ hardcover [4/2006] for $60.00 author's official website |
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"The Power of Film" [2006] by Howard Suber {U.C.L.A. Professor Emeritus} Michael Wiese Prodns 8½x5½ pb [9/2006] for $18.45 |
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"The Pervert's Guide To Cinema" 2½-hour documentary [Channel 4 TV/ICA Projects Oct 2006, USA Jan 2009] "An exhilarating ride thru some of the greatest movies ever made ... [an] engaging and passionate approach to thinking [and] the hidden language of cinema, uncovering what movies can tell us about ourselves" Co-produced & directed by Sophie Fiennes; written by & starring Slavoj iek; original music by Brian Eno DVD available at producer's movie site full credits at IMDb official movie site |
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"The Complete Idiot's Guide To Classic Movies" [2006] by Lee Pfeiffer
Alpha Books 9x7¼ pb [11/2006] out of print/used thumbnail critiques of over 350 movies from the Silent Era thru 1969, with indexes, appendices, quotes & other lists; movies covered range across "The Birth of A Nation" [1915], "Intolerance" [1916], "Greed" [1924], "The Maltese Falcon" [1941], "The African Queen" [1951], "The Seven Samurai" [1954], "The 400 Blows" [1959], "The Magnificent Seven" [1960], "2001: A Space Odyssey" [1968], "Easy Rider" [1969], and "The Wild Bunch" [1969] |
 | "The Art of Watching Films: A Guide to Film Analysis" with CD-ROM [2006] by Joseph M. Boggs & Dennis W. Petrie 7th edition: McGraw-Hill 9x7½ pb & tutorial CD-ROM [12/2006] for $79.87 7th edition: McGraw-Hill pb [12/2006] out of print/used |
 | "Poetics of Cinema" [2007] by David Bordwell Routledge 10x7 pb [10/2007] for $40.50 Routledge 10x7 hardcover [10/2007] for $97.41 author's official website |
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"A Short Guide To Writing About Film" [orig 1994; rev 2009] by Timothy Corrigan Longman Press 7th Edition 8x5½ pb [2/2009] for $31.78 Longman Press 6th Edition 8¼x5½ pb [1/2006] for $26.64 |
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