(price-clipped) [light shelfwear to bottom of book, very slight crack/exposure of board at lower front corner; jacket is quite nice with just minor edgewear, a little diagonal creasing in the front flap]. (B&W photographs, cartoons, etc.) A very entertaining compilation of letters, notes, scripts, newspaper articles, photographs, etc., almost all sourced from within the Fields family archives by his youngest grandson. Although the book's claim to be "his intended autobiography" is a bit of an over-reach, there's no question that nearly fifty years after its publication, this remains one of th... View More...
[light age-toning to edges of text block, slight bumping at top of spine; jacket shows a touch of wear at spine ends, extremely light surface rubbing]. (B&W photographs) Czech-born film director Forman's "frank, vibrant, passionate memoir -- written with novelist Jan Novak -- brings the traumatic experience of Eastern Europe in this century brilliantly to life and takes the reader inside the very process of artistic creation." View More...
[no significant wear to book, just a touch of age-toning to edges of text block; the jacket has just the teensiest bit of intermittent wear along the top and bottom edges]. (B&W photographs) SIGNED (with no inscription) on the title page by the book's subject, the great French film director. Essentially a book-length interview with Malle, conducted by the book's editor in various sessions from 1990 to 1992. Signed by Biographee View More...
[very nice copy, virtually as-new with just a touch of dust-soiling to the top of the text block, and some very mild handling wear to the jacket (B&W photographs) The first (and as far as I know, the only) full-length biography of the Iowa-born actress, whose "intelligence and force of character often put her at odds with the roles she portrayed both on and off screen." Her perceived media image as the perfect TV wife and mother notwithstanding (an image the author thoroughly deconstructs), she was a feminist before it was fashionable (driven by her anger at the treatment of women by Hollywoo... View More...
[book is flawless, with no discernible wear; jacket shows just the tiniest trace of surface wear, slight crinkling at top of spine]. (B&W photographs) A biography of the actress who was discovered at age eighteen in Ireland by director Frank Borzage, went on to star as "Jane" opposite Johnny Weissmuller in MGM's Tarzan movies, and to enjoy a long and distinguished career on the screen and the stage. **** NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. *... View More...
[lovely, as-new copy, with no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. (B&W photographs) This biography of the iconic actor "explores how McQueen rose from his days as a troubled youth into one of Hollywood's top box-office stars of the 1960s and 1970s, and how he attempted to ease the lives of other troubled youth. Along the way, [the author] delves into McQueen's early success as a television star on the hit Western 'Wanted: Dead or Alive,' his sometimes rocky relationships with women, his sardonic sense of humor, the actor's love of fast cars and motorcycles, and McQueen's often neglect... View More...
(OS stapled wraps, 11"x15") [a nice clean copy, with faint handling wear only]. (B&W photographs, graphics) Large-format booklet (32 pages, plus covers) presenting a brief biography of the innovative Scottish-Canadian animator Norman McLaren, plus an illustrated survey of his work, much of which was done under the auspices of the National Film Board of Canada. Includes a filmography, in the form of an alphabetical title index. [NOTE regarding the scanned image: what appears to be a small tear at the left edge of the cover is just a flaw in the scan; the book actually has no such tear... View More...
[mild vertical bend affecting the entire journal, tiny bump/tear at bottom of spine, a little wear along spine]. (B&W photographs) A special issue of this critical journal (80 pages) devoted entirely to the work of Canadian director Cronenberg. Includes seven articles, including essays on on DEAD RINGERS and THE DEAD ZONE, and a filmography (through his then most-recent film, M. BUTTERFLY). View More...
[foxing to edges of text block, no other significant blemishes; jacket lightly soiled, minor dog-earing along top edge]. Biography of the filmmaker who helped initiate the British documentary film movement in the 1930s, went on to establish the National Film Board of Canada, served as Director of Mass Communications at UNESCO, and more, and who "had an inspiring influence on film-makers on both sides of the Atlantic." The author, "a fellow Scot who knew Grierson from 1930, assesses his contribution to the cinema and the art of communication and gives a fascinating portrait of an ... View More...
[nice tight clean copy, slight rubbing and edgewear to rear cover, text clean; binding fully intact, not always the case with this series]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) Collection of essays on the work of the American director. Contents: an extensive interview with Walsh, conducted in Paris in 1972; three essays, "Walsh and Warner Brothers" by Edward Buscombe, "The Fugitive Subject" by Paul Willemen, and "The Place of Women in the Cinema of Raoul Walsh" by Pam Cook and Claire Johnston; a Filmography and a Selected Bibliography, both by Lynda Myles. View More...
(no dust jacket) [a nice solid copy with only modest wear to the extremities; vintage bookplate on front pastedown and related gift inscription (non-authorial) on half-title page (see Notes)]. (color frontispiece, B&W photographs) Boldly SIGNED by the author (no inscription) on the front endpaper. A clean and nice-looking copy of this important early cowboy star's memoir of Hollywood and the West, listed in "100 Books on Hollywood and the Movies." The bookplate is that of one James B. Rogers, who is also the inscribee of the (non-authorial) gift inscription on the half-title page, which read... View More...
[very slight vertical bend in booklet, no other significant wear]. (B&W photographs) Program booklet (24 pages, including covers) for a 65-film retrospective of the work of film producer Hal B. Wallis, presented at the L.A. County Museum of Art from July 4 through September 21, 1974. There is a one-page introduction by longtime (and fondly remembered) LACMA film curator Ronald Haver; the remainder of the booklet provides the screening schedule, with just basic credits for each film. View More...
[nice copy with minimal shelfwear, previous owner's information in ink on ffep but no other markings; jacket shows a little wear at spine extremities]. (B&W photographs) In this, her second memoir, the actress/playwright picks up her tale in the years after her childhood showbiz career (covered in "Early Havoc"), which was followed by "starving and dreaming on Broadway, stuffing newspapers in her shoes so she could race to phantom casting calls, early marriage, modeling, a love affair with an older man, motherhood, her first success on Broadway in 'Pal Joey,' Hollywood movies durin... View More...
[tiny bump to bottom front corner, otherwise the book is essentially as-new; jacket shows faint wear at a couple of corners, the slightest bit of dog-earing at top of spine]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED "To Dick ... who helped make it happen / Thanks!" and SIGNED ("Chuck") by the author on the title page. Autobiography of the legendary granite-featured actor, inscribed to director Richard Fleischer, who directed Heston in two feature films, the sci-fi classic SOYLENT GREEN (1972) and the period adventure CROSSED SWORDS (1977), an adaptation of Twain's "The Prince and the ... View More...
[nice clean book with no discernible wear; jacket shows just the slightest traces of edgewear here and there]. (B&W and color photographs; drawings) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Charlton Heston on the title page; the brief inscription is to producer Walter Seltzer (who produced seven of Heston's films) and his wife, a nice association. Kind of a supplement to Heston's official autobiography, "In the Arena," published in 1995, this book (per its co-author) "attempts to illustrate his greater role in Hollywood, both in text and pictures, including many unpublished photographs taken by h... View More...
[nice tight clean copy, light surface wear to covers]. (Coleccin Directores de Cine, no. 7) Series Trade PB Spanish-language monograph on the Spanish director of CRIA CUERVOS, BODAS DE SANGRE (BLOOD WEDDING), and numerous other excellent films. Includes chronology, bibliography, and filmography through DULCES HORAS (SWEET HOURS). View More...
[light shelfwear to bottom edge, slight dust-soiling to top page edges; jacket shows light wear at corners, a couple of tears and minor paper loss at top of spine]. (B&W photographs) The usual film-by-film rundown, with an introductory biographical essay. What makes this particular "Films of" entry a bit unusual are the actor's own "second thoughts," in the form of his brief commentary (sometimes only a single line) on each film. The book proper ends with MANDINGO, and the book's previous owner has helpfully listed four later titles (through BLOODLINE) on the book's rear free... View More...
[virtually as new, with very light external soiling and minor abrasions to the front cover]. Trade PB (B&W and color photographs) Exhibition catalog (text entirely in German) issued in conjunction with a 1993 exhibit at the Deutsches Filmmuseum in Frankfurt. A collection of about 60 photos of La Dietrich, definitely not the same-old-same-old: there are many unusual shots here, representing all stages of her career, and although I haven't taken the trouble to translate the introductory matter, I assume the source of many (if not all) of these was indeed her private collection -- which, interes... View More...
[a flawless, as-new copy, with no discernible wear to either book or jacket; NO remainder or other markings]. (Princeton Modern Greek Studies) Series (B&W photographs) "In the first book in English to focus on Angelopoulos's unique cinematic vision, [the author] provides an illuminating contextual study that attempts to demonstrate the quintessentially Greek nature of the director's work. Horton situates the director in the context of over 3,000 years of Greek culture and history [and demonstrates how] Angelopoulos has used cinema to explore the history and individual identities of his c... View More...
[modest wear to edges and extremities, diagonal crease and quite a bit of surface rubbing to rear cover, but a nice solid copy with a fully intact binding -- unusual in this highly-regarded but not well-produced series]. Trade PB (B&W photographs, drawings) Uncommon, square-format paperback book, the first devoted exclusively to the work of this unique American writer/director, best known for his Warner Bros. cartoons and his later feature-film collaborations with Jerry Lewis and the iconographic Jayne Mansfield. Includes two interviews with Tashlin; essays by Robert Mundy, Roger Tailleur, Lou... View More...
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