(no dust jacket, as issued) [nice copy, with just a bit of soiling to the bottom edge]. (B&W photographs) "How the Scenario Writer, Director, Cameraman, Scene Painter and Carpenter, Laboratory Man, Art Director, Property Man, Electrician, Projector Operator and Others Contribute Their Share of Work Toward the Realization of the Wonderful Photoplays of Today; and How the Motion Picture is Rapidly Extending Into Many Fields Aside from that of Entertainment." Beautifully-produced reissue (even if they did misspell the author's name on the spine) of a work originally issued in 1919. Ext... View More...
(laminated pictorial boards, no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean as-new book, with no discernible wear]. (B&W photographs) Brief biographies and filmographies of the nearly 150 young actresses who were promoted by WAMPAS (the Western Associated Motion Picture Advertisers) during the 1920s and 1930s. A few went on to fame and fortune; many others drifted (or plunged) into obscurity. Some of those who enjoyed the former fate, to some degree or another, included: Colleen Moore, Laura La Plante, Clara Bow, Mary Astor, Mary Brian, Dolores Costello, Joan Crawford, Dolores Del Rio, Janet Gaynor... View More...
(no dust jacket) [very nice copy, minor edgewear to covers, gift inscription (non-authorial) on ffep]. (B&W photographs, color plates) Well-illustrated survey, in French, of the animated film: history, art, and technique. The color illustrations (some full-page, some half-page) are particularly nice. View More...
(price-clipped) [modest wear to extremities, a handful of slightly scrunched lower page corners; jacket shows a bit of edge- and surface-wear, a little paper loss at spine ends and at bottom corners, shallow chipping along top edge of front panel]. (B&W photographs) "This is the third part of the authoritative series telling the development of the early British film industry and published under the auspices of the Joint History Research Committee of the British Film Institute and the film makers' own organization, the British Film Academy. It takes up the story in the summer of 1914, and exam... View More...
(no dust jacket) [good solid copy, spine slightly turned, spine cloth moderately faded]. (caricature drawings) A charming little book in which the Tallow family -- George and Phoebe, their children Jane and Edward James, and Phoebe's mother "Grannie" -- and their various friends and acquaintances chatter on endlessly about the movies they see and the movie stars they adore. As Anthony Armstrong ("A.A.") puts it in his introduction, "if ever a family takes the flicks seriously, it's the Tallows." The text is enlivened by about 65 drawings, divided about evenly between ... View More...
[spine a bit turned, slight bumping at top of spine, a little fading to cloth at base of spine, internally nice and clean; jacket edgeworn and rubbed, small closed tear at top front hinge]. (B&W photographs) The first full-length critical study of the style of documentary filmmaking that arose during the 1960s, the hallmark of which was filmmakers' innovative (and sometimes aggressive) use of special lightweight cameras and portable tape recorders. "The author outlines both the broad patterns of the cinema-verite approach and the divergent directions taken by members of the cinema-verite ... View More...
(laminated pictorial covers; no dust jacket) [solid copy, minor bump/cracking to corners of rear cover, some splitting at spine ends and wear along spine, but binding still fully intact]. (B&W photographs) English-language historical survey of Italian films, profusely photo-illustrated. Includes an alphabetical title list of Italian films produced from 1930 to 1958, a chronological listing of films (with basic credits) during the same period, and a final list of films "begun in 1958 and not yet submitted to the censor by December 31." Uncommon. View More...
[very slight bumping to bottom corners, otherwise a nice clean as-new copy; jacket shows the tiniest trace of surface wear, minor wrinkling at top edge of rear panel]. (B&W photographs) This book is "a history of American movie music, from the days of the silent movies to the maverick productions of the seventies. It tells the story of how talented, if sometimes invisible, musicians, composers, and lyricists have created some of the most memorable movie music of our time." Particularly interesting is how the book examines the "house styles" of the major Hollywood studios -- there are chapte... View More...
[tiny dog-earing to bottom right corner of front cover, no other significant wear]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) "The first-ever account of what it was like to own, work in, or simply patronise, Scotland's cinemas in days gone by. From the owners of whole chains of picture houses, to the lowly-paid lads and lasses who helped work the projectors or sold confectionery, the author has recorded oral evidence of the bygone cinema industry and its public." View More...
[a nice clean copy, with just a teensy bit of surface wear to covers]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) "In darkest Britain, the only form of sexual entertainment generally available has been of the soft core variety, but for nearly 25 years it just about drove the populace to distraction. While a minority of moralists cursed the sex film as the harbinger of a tidal wave of filth, the majority of the male population and a good percentage of curious females turned it into the most lucrative speculation the British film industry has ever enjoyed." The author confesses: "If it seems extrao... View More...
(no dust jacket) [light wear to extremities, bookplate on front pastedown; gilt lettering still bright on front cover, a little dulled on spine]. (B&W photographs) "Used as a Supplementary Text in New York Institute of Photography." Directors whose work is discussed or whose views are expressed include D.W. Griffith, William De Mille, Cecil B.DeMille, Rex Ingram, Frank Borzage, Thomas H. Ince, Ernst Lubitsch, Joe May and Marshall Neilan. Also includes chapters devoted to slapstick comedy, serials, music, art direction, etc. View More...
[good solid copy, top front corner bumped; jacket lightly soiled and a little age-toned, minor wrinkling near top of front panel]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) INSCRIBED ("To Sydney [sic] Solow") and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Essentially a "films-of-Mary Pickford" chronicle, but limited to only those films in which she "appeared as a comedienne, either as the principal actress, or in a supporting role" for the Biograph Company from 1909 through 1912; the illustrations consist primarily of reproductions of "Biograph Bulletins" (the company's trade... View More...
[very slight wear to book along spine and at bottom right corner of front cover, non-authorial gift inscription on ffep]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) A history of World War II aerial combat as depicted in Hollywood movies, using a kind of "Films of" approach, with short chapters devoted to individual films. The films examined are divided into four groups: "The Impending Storm: 1938-1941" (including TEST PILOT, DIVE BOMBER, A YANK IN THE R.A.F., CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS, etc.); "The War Years: 1942-1945" (FLYING TIGERS, AIR FORCE, BOMBARDIER, A GUY NAMED JOE, THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO, GOD IS MY ... View More...
(no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean copy, very light wear to book extremities, minor scuffing to front cover]. (B&W photographs) Comprehensive history of "feature motion pictures, made-for-television films, and television series that feature some aspect of aviation." Includes an extensive bibliography and full name/title index. View More...
[no significant shelfwear to book, but with small rust-stains (from paper clips?) at top and bottom edges of both endpapers; jacket shows light surface wear, with a long vertical wrinkle/crease in rear panel, short closed tear (all but invisible) at lower rear hinge]. A renowned "lady anthropologist who has perfected her investigative technique among primitive cultures" turned her sights on the movie capital, "a place of ritual, a place where the secrets of power are of magical significance, a place where superstition, sex and money mingle, where human values are distorted and som... View More...
[bright and clean, essentially as new, with no discernible wear]. (Intersections in Communication and Culture, Vol. 28) Series (tables, charts) "This book documents the barriers to success encountered by U.S. Latino films over the past three decades, as their proponents sought to secure distribution deals and prove the films' worth as commodities. [It] includes interviews with marketers, publicists, and producers, and secondary research material from trade publications, newspaper articles, and websites, centering on marketing strategies, release dates, and box office figures. One of the ... View More...
[nice clean copy, no discernible wear but with a very slight musty odor; jacket a little rubbed and lightly soiled]. (Ackerman Archives Series, Volume II) Series (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED generically by the author on the ffep: "Greetings from the Ackerman Archives / Philip J. Riley" and additionally INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the Ackermonster himself, Forrest J Ackerman, on the last page of the text, simply: "Bill / Forry." ("Bill," the recipient of the book, was the legendary makeup artist William Tuttle, from whose estate this book was acquired.) A "re... View More...
(price-clipped) [good solid copy, minor shelfwear, attractive vintage custom bookplate of one-time owner William Bond Murphy on front pastedown; jacket spine a little faded, with some paper loss at both ends, but the front- and rear-panel sections of the wraparound jacket illustration are fully intact and very attractive]. Based on "over three years of research, observation and work in Hollywood [by] the author and a staff of social scientists which included two sociologists, an economist, a personnel expert, a statistician, a translator, and others," this was the first serious attempt to con... View More...
[slight curling to covers, but no other significant wear; clean inside and out]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) "The sweep of the book encompasses almost two centuries as it reconsiders in detail such classics of literature as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Henry James' The Turn of the Screw and Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, right up to such contemporary novels of horror as Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby, William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist and St... View More...
(price-clipped) [light shelfwear, one tiny dent in top edge of each cover; jacket is in pretty rough shape, with about 40% of the lower spine missing (and related paper loss extending a bit into the lower left corner of the front panel), heavy edgewear at flap-folds, various small tears and nicks]. (B&W photo frontispiece) For what he called "A Feature Picture of Wall Street and High Finance," the ever-crusading author co-opted the rise-and-fall tale of cinema pioneer Fox (then recently ousted from the company he founded and that still bore his name) in order to deliver one of his trad... View More...
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