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Lone Survivor
by Marcus Luttrell
Four U.S. Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Five days later, only one of those Navy SEALS--Luttrell--made it out alive.
Screenplay
by Syd Field
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. A play for television is known as a teleplay.
Hollywood Babylon
by Kenneth Anger
Hollywood Babylon is a book by avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger which details the sordid scandals of many famous and infamous Hollywood denizens from the 1900s to the 1950s. First published in the US in 1965, it was banned ten days later and would not be republished until 1975. Upon its second release, the New York Times said of it, "If a book such as this can be said to have charm, it lies in the fact that here is a book without one single redeeming merit."
Short Guide To Writing About Film
by Timothy Corrigan
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Movie-Made America
by Robert Sklar
Here is a lively, highly informative history of American movies that, as Professor Frank Freidel of Harvard writes, combines "social history, economics and a precise and effective sense of film criticism."
Movies were the first twentieth-century mass medium, and largely by chance, the first big American movie audiences and moviemakers came from the immigrant, working-class segments of the population. Movies therefore became a challenge to American big business and American culture, both of which had been... Read more
Movies were the first twentieth-century mass medium, and largely by chance, the first big American movie audiences and moviemakers came from the immigrant, working-class segments of the population. Movies therefore became a challenge to American big business and American culture, both of which had been... Read more
Doris Day
by A E Hotchner
Biography of Doris Day with 36 pages of photographs and filmography. This unusual collaboration in the form of an autobiography brings together a highly skilled professional writer and the film superstar who never enjoyed being thought of as Miss Goody Two-shoes. For the first time, Doris Day tells the story behind the headlines of her private life- three marriages, real and rumored affairs, and professional triumphs countered by personal tragedies. At thirteen Doris was in a car hit by a train, and for...
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Born Standing Up
by Steve Martin
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life is a memoir, released November 20, 2007, by Steve Martin, an American author, actor, comedian, executive producer, playwright and screenwriter. It chronicles his early life, his days working for Disneyland, working at low tier coffee shops and clubs as a comedic act, his later days of the Bird Cage, his relationships, his eventual fame, and the reason why he quit standup in 1981 all together.
Mommie Dearest
by Christina Crawford
Mommie Dearest is a memoir and exposé written by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of actress Joan Crawford. The book was published in 1978. The book depicts Christina's childhood and her relationship with her mother.
Film Books & Ephemera
Agee On Film
by Agee, James
James Agee (1909-1955) started his writing career as a reporter for Fortune, which led to his writing Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. In addition to film reviews, he wrote several scripts, including The African Queen and The Night of the Hunter. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel A Death in the Family.
Big Screen, Little Screen
by Reed, Rex
New York, MacMillan, 1971. First Edition. A fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 433 pages; Description: 433 p. 24 cm. Subjects: Motion pictures--Reviews. Television programs--United States--Reviews..
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$10.74
The Barrymores: Hollywood's First Family (SIGNED COPY)
by Hoffman, Carol Stein
University Press of Kentucky, 2001 Hardcover 1st Printing (full # lines) in dust jacket AS NEW SIGNED by author with personalized inscription to front endpaper & dated in year of publication, Fine in Fine, no remainder or other markings, a pristine unread copy, uniquely signed (dj in mylar protector); folio; 244pp indexed & illus. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New.
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$175.00
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend
by Orlean, Susan
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. BZ2 - An advanced reader's edition paperback book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. At its heart, Rin Tin Tin is a poignant exploration of the enduring bond between humans and animals. 9"x6", 273 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
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$10.00
The Road to Hollywood My 40-Year Love Affair With the Movies
by Hope, Bob & Bob Thomas
Bookthrift Co. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385022921 . Stated first edition hardcover inscribed to ffep by Bob Hope. The cloth edges only are lightly insected else a square tight copy with crisp clean pages. The DJ in mylar has a small stain to heel. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author .
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$49.99
Western movies
by University of New Mexico Press
1979-01-01. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!
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$81.59
Violent America: the movies, 1946-1964
by Lawrence Alloway
1971-01-01. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!
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$84.00
In the Arena
by Heston, Charlton
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by author. Clean brown boards with clean brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Boldly signed on title page by the author. 392 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears,...
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$75.00
Then Again
by Diane Keaton
Book: in Fine Condition; very light tanning to text block edges. DJ (Unclipped): in Near Fine Condition; very light rubbing to head and tail.An exceptionally clean, tight and square copy.Published by 4th Estate (2011): UK 1st Edition; 1st Printing.
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£9.00
The Films of Lon Chaney
by Blake, Michael F
Madison Books. PAPERBACK. 1568332378 NEW! 2001 Soft Cover Edition. . New.
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$39.00
Kavanagh Q. C.
by McGregor, Tom
London, England: Pan Books, 1995. Paperback, first edition, 152gms, 276 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. There is a small tear on the back cover from where a sticker has been removed, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. . First Edition. Paperback. Good/Not Applicable. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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AU$4.50
You Can Get There From Here (Shirley MacLaine)
by MacLaine, Shirley
W. W. Norton & Company, 1975. Hard Cover Hardcover. GOOD/GOOD. • Binding: Hard Cover • 1975 • Dust jacket is clipped, has a chip to the top of the spine. Front free end paper is missing. •
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$3.53
Films in Review: October 1974 LIV Ullmann and Erland Josephson (Cover)
by Reilly, Charles Phillips
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Inc.. Good. 1974. Softcover. Vol XXV, No 8. Cover scratches. Jetta Goudal's Career; Brian Clemens; Lillian Gish; William Keighley .
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$8.00
Harlow: an Intimate Biography
by Shulman, Irving
NY: Bernard Geis Associates. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first printing hardcover. Association copy inscribed to title page by Shulman to famed Hollywood reporter/biographer Bob Thomas in the year of publication. Light sunning to top edge; backstrip lightly indented; a photo has been cut out from the photographs in the book. Else sound and square. The DJ in mylar is worn/edgeworn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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$49.99
On the Other Hand: A Life Story (The Autobiography of Fay Wray)
by Fay Wray
1990-08-04. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May be re-issue. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!
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$588.57
Magic and Myth of the Movies
by Tyler, Parker
New York: Henry Holt & Co.,, 1947. 1st edition. An early intellectual analysis of contemporary film and extremely readable. Fine / fine dust jacket - 283 pages, illustrated with stills - post war film criticism by the then avant-garde young writer.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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$15.00
The Films of Ingrid Bergman
by Lawrence J. Quirk
New York: Citadel. Lightly chipped jacket. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1970.
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£12.00
The Films in My Life
by Truffaut, Francois
Penguin. Good. 1982. Softcover. Endpaper has a photograph glued in of a young woman, front endpaper has a note written in French from the woman, whose name is Ilene. Among the contents: Jean Vigo is Dead at Twenty-nine, The Whiteness of Carl Dreyer, Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Claude Autant-Lara, Japanese Cinema, Alain Resnais, Pierre Kast, Laszlo Szabo, etc .
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$12.00
Lovers
by Linda Sunshine
1992-06-01. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!
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$85.21
Elia Kazan: A Biography
by Richard Schickel
2005-01-09. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!
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$35.57
Seats in all Parts : Half a Lifetime At the Movies / Leslie Halliwell
by Halliwell, Leslie
New York : Scribner, 1985. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 202 pages; Description: 202 p. , [8] p. Of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Halliwell, Leslie. Film critics--Great Britain--Biography. Bolton (Greater Manchester, England) --History..
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$11.94
High Anxiety
by Pilpel, Robert H
U.S.: Ace, 1977. Solid with a spine lean, a light crease on the front cover, and the covers show light wear from rubbing. Novelized adaption of the movie.. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good- Very Good.
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$4.00
HYPE AND GLORY
by WILLIAM GOLDMAN-
unknown. hardcover. Used; Very Good. nice clean copy
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$9.99
Light Your Torches and Pull Up Your Tights
by Tay Garnett
2008-08-01. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!
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$85.21
