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1	Film and Literature: An Introduction and Reader more books like this by Timothy Corrigan This book is a wide-ranging introduction to the long history and provocative debates about the interactions between film and literature. "Film and Literature: A Reader" presents essays from a variety of cultures that address the major issues in the exchange between film and literature since the beginning of the twentieth century. The book provides ... see all copies from $34.41! new only from $59.95! \| SVS
2	Costume Design in the Movies: An Illustrated Guide to the Work of 157 Great Designers more books like this by Elizabeth Leese This reference book offers photographs of spectacular costumes worn by legendary stars in numerous classics, like MY FAIR LADY and THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. see all copies from $13.67! new only from $13.67! \| SVS
3	Shoot Out more books like this by Peter Bart, Peter Guber Hollywood calls it the "shoot out" . . . the point during the making of a movie when star-fits and power struggles turn into standoffs, walkouts, and clashing egos. How a film ever gets made is a wonder. Leave it to two industry icons to unreel the true story. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the Finest Writing from a Century of Film more books like this by Roger Ebert (Editor) Thumbs up for this lavish and entertaining anthology of writing on film, assembled by one of America's best-loved movie critics. For this delicious, instructive, and vastly enjoyable anthology, Roger Ebert has selected and introduced an international treasury of more than 100 films that touch on every aspect of filmmaking and filmgoing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Metropolis more books like this by Thomas Elsaesser "Metropolis" (1925) is a monumental work. When it was made it was Germany's most expensive feature film, a canvas for director Fritz Lang's increasingly extravagant ambitions (it took sixteen months to film). Lang, inspired by the skyline of New York, created a whole new vision of cities. One of the greatest works of science fiction, the film also ... see all copies from $4.77! new only from $10.36! \| SVS
6	Hollywood's Babylon Women more books like this by Robert Slatzer, John Austin Bizarre inside stories of Hollywood's most beautiful women who were doomed for death. Hollywood's Babylon Women takes the reader behind closed doors and beyond the official reports of law enforcement agencies and studio public relations departments to reveal the sordid romantic, sexual, political and financial factors behind these tragedies. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| SVS
7	Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick more books like this by David Thomson David O. Selnick, the legendary producer of "Gone With the Wind", is portrayed in this full-scale biography by the first writer to be given complete access to Selnick's voluminous and revealing correspondence. No other Hollywood giant ever had so much to say; no other was reckless enough to leave so much on record. The most charming, talented, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Giuseppe de Santis more books like this by Antonio Vitti, Ben Lawton (Foreword by) see all copies from $2.99! new only from $5.83! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Film/Genre more books like this by Rick Altman This text seeks to revise notions of film genre. It connects the roles played by industry critics and audiences in making and re-making genre. In a critique of major voices in the history of genre theory from Aristotle to Wittgenstein, Altman reveals the conflicting stakes for which the genre game has been played. Recognizing that the very term ... see all copies from $16.00! new only from $27.26!
10	D. W. Griffith: The Years at Biograph more books like this by Robert M. Henderson see all copies from $1.99! first editions
11	Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz?: Yip Harburg, Lyricist more books like this by Yip Harburg ,"" . . required reading for anyone interested in the great American songs.""-New York Times Book Review Many of us can sing along with Dorothy when she imagines a place "Over the Rainbow." And we all remember the Depression-era classic "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" But very few can name the man who put the words to these celebrated hallmarks ... see all copies from $8.65! first editions
12 view cover	100 Years of Oz: A Century of Classic Images from the Wizard of Oz Collection of Willard Carroll more books like this by John Fricke, Richard Glenn (Photographer), Mark Hill (Photographer) An unrivaled celebration of the beloved story on the eve of its centennial, this book traces a century of Oz lithography, photography, sheet music, and collectibles. 200 full-color images. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $21.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Post-Theory: Reconstructing Film Studies more books like this by David Bordwell (Editor), Noel Carroll (Editor) Since the 1970s, film scholars have been searching for a unified theory that will explain all types of film, their production and their reception; the field has been dominated by structuralist Marxism, varieties of cultural theory and the psychoanalytic ideas of Freud and Lacan. The authors of this text ask why not employ many theories tailored to ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $26.20! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Movies, Flicks and Film more books like this by Mark Winokur, Bruce Holsinger, Mary E. Williams (Foreword by) see all copies from $6.62! new only from $75.82! \| first editions
15 view cover	Bond on Set: 007 Filming Die Another Day more books like this by Greg Williams, Pierce Brosnan (Introduction by), Michael G. Wilson (Foreword by) A photographic journey chronicling the creation of a Bond movie and the only official companion to the Bond release of 2002, "Die Another Day". Photographer Greg Williams has spend over a year working behind the scenes of the Bond movie, "Die Another Day", to provide a visual record of the cast and crew in action. With exclusive access to the ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $19.31! \| first editions
16 view cover	Hitchcock and Selznick more books like this by Leonard J. Leff "Hitchcock and Selznick" is the story of one of the oddest partnerships in Hollywood history, the union of a reticent, overweight Englishman with a flair for striking detail and a penchant for the perverse, and a dynamic movie mogul with a keen eye for successful entertainment on the grand scale. It began in 1938, when producer David O. Selznick ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.93! \| first editions
17	The Industry: Life in the Hollywood Fast Lane more books like this by Saul David see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Raymond Chandler in Hollywood more books like this by Al Clark Four years after writing his first novel, The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler found himself sitting in an office at Paramount Studios earning a weekly salary that amounted to almost half of what he had received film rights to his second novel, Farewell My Lovely. Despite the considerable rewards, he was always uncertain, often disgruntled, never at ... see all copies from $3.67! new only from $32.13! \| first editions
19 view cover	Above the Line: Conversations about the Movies more books like this by Lawrence Grobel, Joyce Carol Oates (Introduction by) Above the Line is a dazzling gathering of insights and anecdotes from all corners of the film industry. The interviews (portions of which originally appeared in Playboy and Movieline ) explore from the inside the skills, intelligence, experiences, and emotions of eleven key players who produce, write, direct, act, and review the movies, including ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Easy riders, raging bulls. more books like this by Peter Biskind Based on hundreds of interviews with directors such as Coppola, Scorsese, Hopper and Spielberg, as well as producers, stars, studio executives, writers, spouses, ex-spouses, and girlfriends, this is the story of the crazy world that the directors ruled. see all copies from $7.69! new only from $32.59! \| first editions
21	Popcorn Venus more books like this by Marjorie Rosen see all copies from $2.88! first editions
22 view cover	Twentieth Century's Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Culture of Hollywood more books like this by George F. Custen Hollywood producer Darryl F. Zanuck was a man of enormous energy and eccentricity. Commanding Twentieth Century-Fox with a sawed-off polo mallet, Zanuck produced dozens of memorable films, including I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang , The Grapes of Wrath , Gentlemans Agreement , All About Eve , and The Day the Earth Stood Still . In this major ... see all copies from $2.75! new only from $2.75! \| first editions
23 view cover	Documenting Ourselves-Pa more books like this by Sharon R. Sherman What happens when we turn the camera on ourselves? This question has long plagued documentary filmmakers concerned with issues of reflexivity, subject participation, and self-consciousness. Documenting Ourselves includes interviews with filmmakers Les Blank, Pat Ferrero, Jorge Preloran, Bill Ferris, and others, who discuss the ways their own ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $34.95!
24 view cover	Star Style at the Academy Awards: A Century of Glamour more books like this by Patty Fox, Bob MacKie (Introduction by) This look at who wore what at the Academy Awards during the 20th century includes 150 color and black-and-white shots of hundreds of legendary actors and actresses like Marilyn Monroe, Mary Pickford, Sharon Stone, and Jodie Foster. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Roman Soldiers Don't Wear Watches: 333 Film Flubs-Memorable Movie Mistakes more books like this by Bill Givens A hysterical collection of goofs, gaffes, and glitches from hundreds of your favorite movies. see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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