Film

E.P. Dutton, New York, (1977), Ist edition.. 354 pp, small 4to (10 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos/movie stills. "...exciting, beautifully illustrated analysis of star acting as exemplified by the performances of Lillian Gish, Greta Garbo, and Bette . Davis. It is the images themselves that form the core of this unique book. Over 750 remarkable frame enlargements...catch these actresses in motion: their faces and bodies focused by the light, decor, and co-players, to which they in turn give sh. ape and meaning..." Page edges browning very lightly, small creases to top corner of pages 131-134, 1/2" closed tear to fore-edge margin with crease of page 135/136 (archivally taped), light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket is pri. c e - c lipped, has light edgewear, 1/2" chip, tiny tear and small creases at top of spine/rear hinge area, crease in paper/laminate down front cover (manufacturing flaw), tiny pin prick on spine. VG-/G. more information

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [New York], (1973), Ist printing.. 266 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. Many b&w photographs. "Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer - Billy Bitzer to the world of film - was one of the first and greatest men to stand behind a movie camera. The early Biograph films, one of the hi. gh marks in the history of photography, were his work. Bitzer, who was at Biograph before D.W. Griffith, taught the novice director and learned from him; together they made an unbeatable team. With Griffith, Bitzer went on to the superb, Brady. - l i k e Civil War camera work of 'The Birth of a Nation', the spectacular photography of 'Intolerance', and later triumphs...His autobiography, which has never before been published, is presented as he wrote it, vivid and straightforward in expres. si on , ex pert in the knowledge and lore of a craft in which he was a pioneer, and a pleasure to read...The appendix contains the first complete Bitzer filmography." Top corner of boards and second half of textblock bumped, minor shallow bump on f. ore -ed ge of rear board. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, light edge creases - mainly at top/bottom of flap-folds, 3/4" closed tear at bottom of rear hinge, minor rubbing. VG-/VG-. more information

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Proteus, London, (1983).. 160 pp, 4to, softcover. "Illustrated with rare stills, posters and location photographs." "...entertaining and comprehensive assessment (chronicling) Chandler's turbulent association with Hollywood both as screenwriter and provider of source mater. ial, with detailed analyses of all the appropriate films and interviews with many of the surviving stars and directors." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear. VG+. more information

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St. Martin's Press, New York, (1985), 1st U.S. Edition. Unpaginated, 4to, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0312515049 B&w photos. "In 1945, photographer Andre de Dienes searched the Los Angeles model agencies for a young woman to pose in artistics portraits. A girl named Norma Jean Baker introduced he. rself. Captivated by her fresh, appealing innocence, de Dienes escorted his protege through the western United States, photographing her in a variety of moods and settings...(this) is the private album of Andre de Dienes, and it celebrates a Maril. y n never seen before. Lovely, spirited, fragile, heartbreaking, these photographs trace the metamorphosis of a young girl into a beautiful woman tormented by her own fame..." A few tiny dints on bottom edges of boards, one very tiny dint on top . ed ge of front board, very light browning to top of book, wear at bottom of rear hinge. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, has very light edge wrinkling. Very Good/Very Good+. more information

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2005, 5th printing.. 223 pp, small 4to (10" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 029784427X Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs. "Judi Dench in her own words, in photographs that include many from her own albums - and never seen before. Here is Brit. ain's most loved actress snapped in childhood and from early appearances in the 'York Mystery Plays' through a career that has encompassed stage, film and television, from Shakespeare to James Bond and situation comedy, winning her countless awards. , including a Hollywood Oscar. (It) shows her off stage as well as on. We see Judi Dench in the wings, off sets, in dressing rooms and often happily larking about. Here, too, are scenes showing a happy marriage to actor Michael Williams and with . da ughter Finty and grandson Sam. The photographs are accompanied by inimitable captions in which the author recollects the moments when they were taken, often with previously unrecorded anecdotes." Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top edge. . Fine/Very Good+. more information

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John Calder, London, (1957), Ist ed.. 167 pp, lg 8vo, HC. The first issue of this annual, providing new and stimulating facts and opinions for the intelligent film goer, as well as a detailed survey of the year's significant events in the cinema world. Many b&w and col. photos. Very . minor foxing to top of text block. Some browning to half of both free eps. Dj has approx. 2" sqare of insect damage, mainly to back panel, minor edgewear, tiny holes and soiling elsewhere and browning to the inside of dj. VG/G. more information

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Pocket Books, New York, 1996, first paperback printing.. 215 pp, 8vo (8 1/8" H), soft cover. ISBN 0671520563 B&w photographs. "Montgomery Scott, the endlessly resourceful chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise, has been a familiar presence in our collective imagination for over three decades. All a. round the world, everyone knows 'Scotty' - but far fewer know the true story of actor James Doohan, who has brought Starfleet's legendary 'miracle worker' to life for three seasons on television and in seven major motion pictures. Here at last are. all the colourful details of Doohan's life and times....(this) is an entertaining and indispensable look at the unforgettable personality behind one of the twentieth century's most enduring icons." Interior - clean and tight with no previous owner. s hip marks. Exterior - book lighty cocked, light creases on spine. Very Good. more information

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Playboy, Chicago, 1976.. 150 pp, mass market paperback. B&w photographs. "June 1942. The bride is beautiful. Her name is Norma Jean, and she is 16 years old. The groom, 21-year-old Jim Dougherty, is a haven of security for his young, naive wife. Their hopes are high, . but their wants are simple - a steady job for Jim, a little house, and eventually some children. They love each other and are happy together. September 1946. The marriage ends abruptly in divorce, and Norma Jean is transformed into the greatest s. ex symbol of all time - Marilyn Monroe. But what happened during those years in between? Now, for the first time, Dougherty tells what his marriage was like, and he speculates about what might have been." Interior - light to moderate browning t. o pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, book slightly cocked, browning to edges of covers and text block, a few light creases on spine. Good+. more information

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Methuen, (London, 2000), Ist printing.. 64 pp, 16mo (6 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos, drawings, reproductions. Contents: Adventures of Walter the Wallaby; Albrecht Durer's Nightmare; Brian in Gaol; Careers Advice for Mr Anchovy;. German Lumberjack's Song; Gloria Pules and Luigi Vercotti Remember the Piranha Borthers; I'm So Worried; Join the BBC Today; Meaning of Life; Old Storyteller; Page Twenty Nine; Prince in the Tower; Sexcraft; Stan's Right to Have Babies; What to . d o on Meeting the Royal Family; Why Accountancy is not Boring; Woody Words and Tinny Words. Very light edge wear to boards, tiny scuff on front board. Dust jacket has minor edge wear and rubbing, tiny tear at top of spine. VG/VG. more information

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Viking Press, New York, (1972).. 292 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H), soft cover. B&w photographs. "Jean-Luc Godard came to film-making from film criticism, and he has continued throughout his extraordinarily fertile career to write and speak about films in the light of his changing aesthetic. , sociological and political preoccupations. The essays and interviews in this special volume have been gathered from material ranging from Godard's early efforts from 'La Gazette du Cinema' to his later work in 'Cahiers du Cinema'. They are cr. i t i cal, theoretical, historical, and, as Richard Roud calls them in his Introduction, sometimes 'unkind, unfair, (and) unreasonable'. All of which makes for some very funny, often outrageous, and entirely pleasurable reading. A free-flowing ass. oc ia ti on of jokes, puns, private allusions, and wild philosophical and scholastic references, they are much like his films themselves. In writing about Mankiewicz, Hitchcock, Kurbrick, Bergman, or Welles, or about the achievements of Renoir, Bre. sso n, or Tati, Godard is also writing about himself: Godard on Hollywood, on his contemporaries in the 'nouvelle vague', on the new cinema in Europe, India, and Japan - it is all, in an essential and vital sense, Godard on Godard." Interior - very. lig ht bro wning to inside of covers, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning, three light creases on spine, creases at bottom corner of front cover, old price inked out on front cover, light browning . to ed ges of textblock, tiny speck on fore-edge of textblock. Good reading copy.. more information

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McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, (1995).. 267 pp, large 8vo, HC (no dj as issued). "Each chapter covers an individual movie, often from several perspectives, and is preceded by an introduction that puts the film and interview in historical context. It is our sincere hope that these articl. es will help create a better understanding of this turbulent and exciting decade in the history of science fiction filmmaking." Movies covered: Aliens, Blade Runner, Blue Thunder, Cocoon, Dune, Enemy Mine, The Mad Max Movies, Return of the J. e d i , R obocop, The Star Trek Movies, 2010, War Games. NF. more information

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Opus/Crown, New York, (1983), Ist edition.. 384 pp, 4to, hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with more than 2,000 b&w photographs. "This picture-book history of television will take you on a nostalgic journey that will show you how prime-time TV evolved in the more than three a. nd a half decades since the picture box became a commerical reality...more than merely being a scrapbook, (this book) contains a yearly historical overview of each television season that will entertain and enlighten TV fans young and old..." Ve. r y l ight edge wear to boards, minor wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket has wrinkling along top edge, small tear at top of rear flap-fold, light browning. VG/VG-. more information

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Kimber, London, 1969.. 191 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs. "(Tony Hancock) led a life fragmented by laughter and despair as he ceaselessly sought an unattainable truth in comedy until it ended in a dreary room in Australia with one . final drink, one last handful of pills. But before that happened he created more laughter for more people than any other man of his generation. The search for the truth about this extraordinarily complex clown involves drawing on the memories and . perceptions of writers like Alan Simpson and Ray Galton, who, in a sense, hewed the Half Hour Hancock out of the whole man, J.B. Priestley who put him, thinly disguised, into a novel, Phillip Oakes, who wrote him a screenplay, and Denis Norden who w. rote material he convulsed audiences with for years. There are, too, the writer/performers like John Osborne, Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes, the comedians who knew him or worked with him like Harry Secombe, Joan Turner, Kenneth Williams and Graham. Stark; showman Bernard Delfont; actress Sylvia Syms, his radio and television directors Dennis Main Wilson and Duncan Wood and scores of others of lesser fame but crucial importance in Hancock's life." Slight fading at top edge of spine, light wri. n kling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling, a few very small closed tears, minor rubbing, slight fading to spine color. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Robson, (London, 1982), Ist edition.. 176 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. B&w photos. "This is the most complete book on Woody Allen and his work to date, written by an author who has been able to use the rare privilege of an extended interview with him to flesh out her own keen analytica. l and critical observations." Small scuff mark on back board, small bump at top of spine. Dust jacket has light edgewear/wrinkling/rubbing/soiling. Scan available on request. VG/VG-. more information

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Star/W.H. Allen, (London, 1975), reprint.. 157 pp, small 8vo, soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos. "...evaluates Brando's films and offers penetrating insights into his complex personality." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor . edgewear, covers/spine browning, spine flat and uncreased. VG. more information

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Boxtree, London, 1990.. 94 pp, mass market paperback. ISBN 1852832916 B&w photographs. "On 9th December 1990 'Coronation Street' celebrates its 30th birthday. Eighteen million viewers turn in devotedly to watch every 'cough and sneeze' of the action. But how well do y. ou know the goings on in Weatherfield? Graeme Kay has compiled this lively collection of 850 searching questions on the Street that will separate the casual viewer from the avid fan...." Very minor edge wear, tiny bump at top of rear hinge. Ve. r y Good+. more information

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Boxtree/Granada, (London, 1990).. 160 pp, 4to, hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illus with color and b&w photos. "...a fascinating account of all that has happened - both fact and fiction - since Granada Television brought this much-loved programme to the screen three decades . ago. It is a colorful catalogue of magic moments - some happy, some sad - from the TV programme that has captured the hearts of its loyal 18 million-strong audience..." Previous owners name has been 'whited out' and covered with blank lined label. s and another owners name/address label on free front endpaper, tiny crease at top corner of pages 59-106. Dust jacket has a small closed tear at bottom of spine, light overall wrinkling/rubbing. VG/G+. more information

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National Publishers, (New York, 1965).. Unpaginated (36 pp,), 4to, card wraps. A souvenir book of the film, "The Agony and the Ecstasy" on the life of Michelangelo. Starring Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison. Many full color pictures and a fold-out of the Sistine Chapel. Light wear to . edges/corners of covers and a few light creases. Sharp crease down one edge of fold-out. VG. more information

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Boxtree / Granada Television, London, 1998, first edition. 191 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0752224433 Profusely illustrated with color and b&w photographs. "For nearly forty years 'Coronation Street' has brought its women into millions of homes and they have become institutions. . Discussed in living rooms, bus queues, offices and factory floors the world over, we have grown up with them, identifying with their lives, sharing their triumphs, learning from their mistakes and railing at the injustices that are thrown at them. . Battle-axes like Ena Sharples and Annie Walker, strong and sexy characters like Elsie Tanner and Bet Lynch, or queens of comedy like Hilda Ogden and Vera Duckworth, are never stereotypes but set the mould for other television characters to follow. . And while the men skive and simper, the women are reincarnated in ever stronger models from one era to the next. In this celebration of the women of 'Coronation Street', Daran Little captures the appeal of the characters that bring our favourite t. elevision drama to life. They are all here, from the walking wounded to the pillars of society, stay-at-homes to gad-abouts, silly young things to the queens of the Street - hands on hips, bosoms heaving, noses sniffing with indignation, they re. - a f firm the glories of being female, of life and of great television!" Waviness to top/bottom edges of textblock, tiny tear - archivally taped at top of two pages, minor rubbing. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, very light edge wrinkling, very . li gh t rubbing. VG/VG. more information

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Penguin, London, 1947, Ist edition.. 96 pp, small 8vo, soft cover. B&w illus. Contents: Search for Music; Critical Survey; Film Music; Technical Notes; Round the World's Studios; Documentary To-day; Four Years in a Bottle; The American Scene and the Problems of Film Education; The M. oscow Script Studio and Soviet Screenwriting; French Cinema; The Scandinavian Film; Your Questions Answered; Statistics; Financial Notes; Books About Film; Notes on New Contributors and on the Illustrations. Interior - pages and endpapers light. l y t o moderately browned, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning to covers, minor soiling, small soft crease on front cover, spine flat and uncreased. VG-. more information

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Penguin, London, 1947, Ist edition.. 128 pp, small 8vo, soft cover. B&w illus. Contents: The Mission of the Cinema; Critical Survey; Film Music; Round the World's Studios; Brief Encounter; Acting for Stage and Screen; Developments in Film Music; Casts and Caste; A Short Inquiry into. a Form of Popular Poetry; The Film in India; Realism the Basis of Soviet Film Art; The Problems of the Instructional Film; The Continental Film in Britain; The New German Film and its International Prospects; The Cinema in Argentina; Criticism . a n d French Cinema; The Soviet Cinema and Youth; Your Questions Answered; Statistics; The New Cinematograph Act; Books About Film; Notes on New Contributors; Illustrated Section. Interior - pages and endpapers lightly to moderately browned, other. wi se c l ean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear and browning, small light scuff at top of spine, spine flat and uncreased. VG-. more information

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Cardinal / Pocket Books, New York, 1957.. 128 pp, mass market paperback. B&w photographs. "Here is a new and lively and fascinating look at Marilyn Monroe, the All-Girl Girl. Not the Marilyn of the press agents and Hollywood columnists. But Marilyn as seen by her friends, her associates. and herself. Here is la Monroe talking about the celebrity she has become with fresh-as-a-daisy enthusiasm and sharp-as-a-razor wit." Interior - moderate browning to first 18 pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. E. x t erior - light edge wear, 2 small corner creases on front cover, browning to edges of text block, book lightly cocked, light creases on spine. Good+. more information

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CBC Enterprises, Montreal, (1986).. 96 pp, small 4to (10 1/4"H), soft cover. ISBN 0887943128 The indispensable guide to Coronation Street "natter". Use this book to interpret the language of this popular TV show set near Manchester, England. Interior - slight cigarette odor, three. word ink notation on last page, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very minor rubbing. Very Good. more information

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St. Martin's Press, (New York, 1984), Ist U.S. edition.. 158 pp, 4to, hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs from the Kobal Collection. "...traces the career of the mysterious Marlene. As well as offering a critical look at her films, he draws on a fund of anecdotes from . those who knew her well and provides us with an insight into her family, her husband, her lovers and her life both on and off screen. He underlines her humanity and essential femininity, despite her habit of wearing trousers and turning up at parti. es dressed in a tuxedo. On top of this, the book's magnificent photographs from the Kobal Collection furnish fascinating evidence of the beauty and mystery of Marlene Dietrich." Very light browning to page edges, light wrinkling to top/bottom . o f spine, small bumps to front corners. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, light rubbing, a few tiny scuffs, tiny closed tear on rear hinge. VG/VG-. more information

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CBC Enterprises, Montreal, (1986), 3rd printing.. 214 pp, 4to, soft cover. Profusely illus with b&w and color photos, map. Includes script of first episode. "...records the events and characters, the marriage vows and marriage rows, births and deaths, drama and sadness, moments of humor and mome. nts of tragedy that have occured on the Street over the years. And those who have been closely associated with the series contribute fascinating insights into the creation and the behind-the-scenes life of the world's longest-running TV show.. " I n t erior - light creases to top corner of pages 77-84, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, light rubbing, spine flat and uncreased. VG-. more information

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Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1994, first edition.. 316 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN0340485620 B&w photographs. "Sir Alec Guinness's performances in films such as 'Oliver Twist', 'Kind Hearts and Coronets', and 'The Bridge on the River Kwai', as well as in countless p. lays in the Theatre and on television, have ensured his position as one of the greatest actors of the post-war era. He seems able not so much to portray the characters he plays as to become them. But the gift is deceptive. How can he really be . a l l the different people he has played? How does he do it? (This book) delves into the actor's complex, enigmatic personality and into the nature of his remarkable talent. (O'Connor) probes the formative spiritual and emotional events in his li. fe - his illegitimacy, his unanchored childhood, and his conversion to Roman Catholicism. Drawing on interviews with scores of friends and colleagues, (he) traces Guinness's acting roots and, closely relating the man to the roles he has created, . ren der s the drama of his development. With portraits of notable figures in Guinness's life including John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, David Lean, Tyrone Guthrie, George Lucas, T.S. Eliot, John le Carre and Alan Bennett, O'Connor . recr eate s a remarkably diverse, long and distinguished career. His penetrating analysis is one which celebrates, and preserves, the integrity of the actor and the man." Very light browning to edges of text block, small light soiling mark on top . of te xtblo ck, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor edge wear. Dust jacket has minor rubbing and very light edge wrinkling. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Doubleday, Doran, Garden City, N.Y., 1931, 1st edition.. 282 pp, small 8vo (7 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. 4 pages of b&w photos. "Almost single-haded Greta Garbo has altered the technique and style of the motion-picture. She is perhaps the greatest screen actress of our generation. In a few ye. ars she has risen from a frightened little Swedish girl seeking a tiny part on the Stockholm stage, to a woman whose name is known all over the world, but her personality has remained a closed book, an enigma that no one has been able to penetrat. e . Portraying sirens, sophisticates, silken women hidden from sunlight and fresh air, she has been none of those things herself. Where did her great ability spring from, what has made her the international figure she is today? In this book you . wi ll find the answer." Pages browning lightly, very tiny ink speck on free front endpaper, a few very small areas of faint fading to color on top edge of textblock, browning to fore-edge and bottom of textblock, light wrinkling at top/bottom of s. pin e, s light darkening to edges of covers, minor edge wear to boards. Dust jacket has moderate edge wear/wrinkling, very small chips and tears - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, slight darkening to flap-folds and to spine, light rubb. ing/ soi li ng to rear panel, a few light soiling marks on front panel, now protected in mylar sleeve. VG/Fair. more information

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Frederick Unger, New York, 1980.. 192 pp, 8 3/16" H, soft cover. ISBN 0804466440 B&w photographs. "Ernest Hemingway's fiction presents the film adaptor with special problems....In his penetrating study, Gene Phillips pinpoints the difficulty in turning Hemingway's subtle fiction . into movie material. Some of Hollywood's finest talents have responded to the challenge. Beginning in 1932 with Frank Borazge's 'A Farewell to Arms', starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes, several directors have tried their hand - Sam Wood ('For Wh. om the Bell Tolls', 1943), Howard Hawks ('To Have and to Have Not', 1944), and Henry King ('The Sun Also Rises', 1957). They drew on the not inconsiderable skills of such screenwriters as Dudley Nichols, William Faulkner, and John Houston. The r. e s ults met with varying success. In exploring the reasons why, the book draws added validity from interviews with many of the directors and cinematographers involved in the persistent attempts to translate Hemingway into cinematic images. Carlos. B ak er's moving essay, 'Hemingway's Last Appeal', sets the tone for this thematic investigation. For the interested reader or film student, the book also includes a filmography, selected bibliography, and photographs." Interior - very light brow. nin g t o inside of covers, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, minor rubbing, very minor soiling, old price sticker on rear cover. Very Good. more information

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Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1977.. 208 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos. "Beginning his career as an apprentice to Max Reinhardt, Preminger became an instant success as an actor and then as a director. Hollywood called and he went there in 1935. His outspoken manner. clashed with the autocratic studio moguls. He was forced to return to New York and find work directing plays on Broadway. He rebounded in 1944 to begin his stormy and remarkably creative period in Hollywood with 'Laura', his first all-out hit. , s t arring Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb, and Dana Andrews...Making no bones about naming enemies or exalting his friends, Preminger elaborates on the black-listing during the fifties and includes his own critique of the critics...He sets the record. s t ra ig ht on a number of his love affairs and marriages, and divulges the story of his relationship with Gypsy Rose Lee..." Light edge wear to boards, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has light edge wear/wr. ink li ng, li ght browning to spine and flap-folds, minor soiling/rubbing. VG/VG-. more information

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Atheneu, New York, 1974, Ist U.S. edition.. 287 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos. "This is the autobiography of the man who was the little boy with the golden curls in the paintings by his father, and who became one of the greatest masters of the art of cinema...Renoir p. ortrays the places where he has lived and worked in Europe and Hollywood and India, the people of his life, the actors, the technicians, the producers, the great and the unknowns. He tells us why he became a maker of films, how he makes them an. d w h at the relationship is like between film and life..." Dust jacket is price-clipped, has minor rubbing, very minor edge wear, spine sun-faded - lettering still bright and legible, rear flap-fold heavily sun-faded, light wrinkling at top of sp. in e , du st jacket height is 1/8" less than book. VG+/G+. more information

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Bonanza, New York, (1990), reprint.. 578 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0517696193 More than 150 b&w photos. "...a massive, extensively researched encyclopedia written in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format, features more than 1,500 categories and details thousands of never. -before-published facts and figures about Marilyn...(includes) a complete discography and filmography, lists of lovers (more than 30 of them) and friends, reviews of her films, facts about her connections to Disney and Playboy, her nude calendar.. . . " Tiny bump at top corner of boards, bump to top of rear hinge area, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, very small bump to fore-edge of front board. Dust jacket has light creasing at top of rear hinge area, minor rubbing. VG/VG+. more information

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Citadel Press / Carol Publishing, New York, 1990, revised, updated edition.. 216 pp, small 4to (10 15/16" H), soft cover. ISBN 080651177X Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs/movie stills. Arranged in four sections: Apprenticeship - Acclaim - Admiration - Aftermath. Each listing gives the cast, credits and a synop. sis of the movie and many include reviews by the critics. A listing of made-for-television movies gives cast and credits only. Interior - small gift inscription on first page, very small brown stain on inside of front cover, otherwise clean and . t i ght with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, very small stain on front cover, minor rubbing. Very Good. more information

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Bloomsbury, London, 1987, first edition.. 151 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0747500525 B&w photographs. "Life with the Aunts in Edinburgh (and, periodically, in Bedford) was not always easy for Naomi and Nancy and their mother. But difficult days were offset. by long summer holidays in the country, blissful days helping on the farm during which Naomi's passion for animals - especially dogs - could be enjoyed to the full. Things changed when Naomi met Alastair. She writes of the years together during. a nd after the War, when Alastair was being recognised as a great comic actor and beginning to work in films. Naomi became his closest advisor - vetting scripts, working through his lines with him and sparking off new ideas. The young actor, Geor. g e Cole, joined the family just before their daughter, Merlith, was born and through the years he, in turn, was joined by other unofficially adopted young ones. Throughout the book, Naomi Sim consides her life, both as a child and with Alastair, w. it h courage and clarity." Slight crease at top of spine. Dust jacket has been price clipped, has minor edge wrinkling, minor browning at top edge. Near Fine/Very Good. more information

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Transworld / Corgi, London, 1962.. 62 pp, mass market paperback. B&w photographs. Interior - very light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear - light on spine, a few soft edge creases. Very Good-. more information

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Grandreams, London, 1985.. 61 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover (pictorial glazed boards) - no dust jacket. ISBN 0862277914 INSCRIBED ON COPYRIGHT PAGE BY CHARLES LAWSON WHO PLAYS 'JIM MCDONALD'. Pictorial endpapers, profusely illustrated with color and b&w photographs. Pro. files, interviews and behind the scenes stories about one of the world's favorite soap operas. Minor rubbing on glossy boards. VG+. more information

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Carroll & Graf, New York, 2004.. 327 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0786713801 B&w photographs, reproductions of documents. "Marilyn Monroe's death in August 1962, apparently a suicide, shocked the world. The coroner's report stated that her death was. due to a massive overdose of Nembutal capsules. But what about the discrepancies between the official report and the eyewitness accounts of the people who were there at the scene of her death - friends, her housekeeping staff, police officers, a. n d doctors? And what about the forensic evidence that disappeared between the time of her death and the coroner's report being issued? Looking back at thousands of documents, many never before published, and interviewing dozens of sources, Matth. ew S mith argues strongly for a startling new version of events, as he paints a portrait of her day-to-day world toward the end of her life. The case he makes so convincingly is based not only on the documents and on complete forensic evidence, bu. t a lso on the secret, confidential tapes Monroe made for her psychiatrist in the days leading up to her death - tapes that reveal a woman in charge of her life and her fate, a woman looking forward to a busy, bright future. Here, in her own words. fro m th e transcripts of the tapes, are the most private, the most secrets thoughts of Marilyn Monroe." Bump at top corner of boards, several very small light ink smudges on pages 62, 63, 70 & 71, minor wrinkling at bottom of spine, minor rubbing. on b oards . Dust jacket has minor rubbing, wrinkling at top of spine and flap-folds. Very Good-/Very Good. more information

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Random House, New York, 1965, first edition.. Unpaginated, 10 7/8" H, soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "What happens when the co-author of 'Candy' and 'Dr. Strangelove' is hired by the director of 'Tom Jones' to collaborate on the script of a motion picture 'based on' a. famous novel by Evelyn Waugh? What happens if 'The Journal of The Loved One: The Production Log of a Motion Picture'." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, one tiny corner crease, very l. i g ht browning to edges of text block. Very Good. more information

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A.S. Barnes, New York, (1969), Ist ed.. 228 pp, oblong 8vo, HC. Contains several special features in addition to the review of the year's films - such topics as censorship, gangster films, cinema openings and closings, etc. Many b&w photos. Very minor foxing to top of text block. Dj h. as minor edgewear and one 1/2" closed tear. VG/VG. more information

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A.S. Barnes, New York, (1967), Ist ed.. 230 pp, oblong 8vo, HC. F. Maurice Speed's annual film review covering two years in this one volume. This volume has an enlarged reference section with an expanded pictorial section too. Many b&w photos. Dj has Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylo. r in The Taming of the Shrew on front panel. Very minor foxing to top of text block. Dj has light edgewear and a feew small closed tears and creases. VG/VG-. more information

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Calrk City Press, Livingston, Montana, (1992).. 250 pp, 4to, hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "As one of the four original 'Life' photographers, Peter Stackpole captured decades of a Hollywood enchanted with its own creation, the movies. A native Californi. an, Stackpole trained a fresh and curious eye on stars and would-be stars, directors, producers, and the rest of the coast's elite, capturing such disparate characters as William Randolph Hearst, Diego Rivera, and Alfred Hitchcock, Elizabeth Tay. l o r , Gary Cooper, Hedda Hopper and Vivien Leigh. He recorded epics, sdandals, publicity stunts, and a dream society's response to a very real World War II. Containing more than 350 images, and annotated with Stackpole's often humorous accounts. o f pi ct ure-taking sessions, 'Life in Hollywood' is a revealing and witty look at a golden American dream and the changing face of Southern California from 1936 to 1952." Slight fading to bottom edge of boards, top corners slightly bumped, minor. wr in kli ng at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and top of flap-folds. VG/VG. more information

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Virgin, London, 1996, first edition.. 112 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1852276819 Profusely illustrated with color and b&w photographs. "Stuck in a rut? Downtrodden, deprived, burdened, browbeaten, henpecked, lambasted, flabbergasted, world-weary and wor. ried? Such is the life of an ordinary man, but (star character of the long-running British soap opera 'Coronation Street') Jack Duckworth can show you how to cast off all your cares and woes and Live The Life Of Riley. Revealing the secrets of . s o m e of his greatest scams, his most scheming dodges and his dodgiest schemes, Jack explains how to duck like a Duckworth and come up smelling like roses. Success with money, with women, with work, with friends and with pigeons lies within the p. ag es o f this book...." (well, not really, if you know Jack!). Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling minor rubbing. NF/VG+. more information

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Orion, London, 1998, 1st edition.. 176 pp, small 4to (10" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0752817957 Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs. "1998 marks the silver jubilee of the first series of this TV classic. To commemorate the anniversary this 'official' ce. lebration book is the ultimate souvenir and companion to the series. The show's writers David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd have made available their original scripts and behind the scenes photographs and they, and the cast members - John Inman, Mollie S. u gden, Trevor Bannister, Nicholas Smith, Frank Thornton and Wendy Richard (now a key actress in 'EastEnders') share their stories of how the series was made. You will find episode-by-episode reviews, cast-lists and original transmission dates, as . we ll as features on the secretaries of Young Mr Grace. David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, for the first time, give their personal history of the programme including how the original idea was developed. If you've always wanted to know more about Mrs Sl. oco mbe's pussy, Young Mr Grace's buxom secretaries or just longed to trip lightly across the shop floor and announce, 'I'm Free!' this is the book for you." Dust jacket has minor wrinkling at top of spine, minor rubbing. Fine/Very Good+. more information

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Crown, New York, 1976, Ist ed.. 256 pp, 8vo, HC. A comprehensive pictorial and statistical record of the current movie season with more than 1,000 photos. Dj has slight fading to spine, very minor edgewear and light browning of edges. VG+/VG. more information

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Birch Lane / Carol Publishing, Secaucus, N.J., 1997.. 262 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1559723912 B&w photographs. "Since her professional singing debut at the London Hippodrome in 1947 - at the age of twelve - Julie Andrews has been a star. In the half century since th. ose last days of British vaudeville, through her smash Broadway comeback in 'Victor/Victoria', she has triumphed on stage, in the movies, and on television. At thirteen, Julie gave a command performance for the Queen of England, at nineteen she be. c ame a Broadway star in 'The Boy Friend', and she became a theatrical legend before she was twenty-one, as Elize Doolittle in 'My Fair Lady'. By the time she was thirty-one, Julie was the best-paid and most beloved actress in the world, with an Ac. ad emy Award for her first movie, 'Mary Poppins', and an international box-office championship with her third movie, 'The Sound of Music'. Her remarkable body of work up to this point stamped her with an indelible image she came to resent: wholesom. e, innocent, the nanny next door. Worse, at the peak of her enormous success, Andrews was unhappy enough to submit to daily psychotherapy. Her first marriage, to childhood sweetheart Tony Walton, broke down. After two flop movie musicals, 'Star!'. an d 'Darling Lili', the press and the public seemed to turn on her. Julie became box-office poison in Hollywood but even in her semiexile starred in critically successful, Emmy-winning television variety series, wrote two children's books, and pe. rfor med live....Here at last is the whole sixty-two-year life story of Julie Andrews - her meteoric rise, her devastating fall, and her incredible comeback, from the little English girl with the freak four-octave, crystalline voice to the surprisin. g leg end who has outlasted her critics. Rober Windeler's affectionate and insightful biography reveals the full-blooded woman behind the high and low notes." small soft bump at top corner of pages 35 to 50, minor wrinkling at bottom of spine, sma. ll wat er mark and tiny stain on rear board. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling, minor rubbing, tiny stain on inside rear panel. Very GoodVery Good+. more information

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Doubleday, Garden City, New York, (1958).. 239 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w drawings by Robert Day. "During his three and a half years as movie critic for the New York Herald Tribune, William K. Zinsser viewed and reviewed over 600 motion pictures...Mr. Zinsser's motion picture . education also took him to Hollywood. In a hilarious guided tour of the movie capital he penetrates the inner sanctuaries of a motion picture studio...(his) account of the on- and off-screen education of a movie critic is a very funny account indee. d." Minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has moderate edge wear and moderate rubbing, light foxing to rear panel and top edge. VG/G. more information

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