General Film
FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD: THE PRE-CODE ERA (1930-1934) (TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES): WHEN SIN RULED THE MOVIES
Written by Vieira, Mark A
Filled with rare images and untold stories from filmmakers, exhibitors, and moviegoers, Forbidden Hollywood is the ultimate guide to a gloriously entertaining era when a lax code of censorship let sin rule the movies. Forbidden Hollywood is a history of "pre-Code" like none other you will eavesdrop on production conferences, read nervous telegrams from executiv
HOLLYWOOD BLACK (TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES): THE STARS, THE FILMS, THE FILMMAKERS
Written by Bogle, Donald
The films, the stars, the filmmakers-all get their due in Hollywood Black, a sweeping overview of blacks in film from the silent era through Black Panther, with striking photos and an engrossing history by award-winning author Donald Bogle.
PICTURE
Written by Ross, Lillian
A classic look at Hollywood and the American film industry by The New Yorker's Lillian Ross, and named one of the "Top 100 Works of U.S. Journalism of the Twentieth Century." Lillian Ross worked at The New Yorker for more than half a century, and might be described not only as an outstanding practitioner of modern long-form journalism but also as one of its inventors.
WILD BUNCH: SAM PECKINPAH, A REVOLUTION IN HOLLYWOOD, AND THE MAKING OF A LEGENDARY FILM
Written by Stratton, W K
For the fiftieth anniversary of the film, W.K. Stratton's definitive history of the making of The Wild Bunch, named one of the greatest Westerns of all time by the American Film Institute.
ORSON WELLES PORTFOLIO: SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS FROM THE WELLES ESTATE
Written by Braund, Simon
A lavish hardback containing Orson Welles' Portfolio, much of which has never been seen before. Orson Welles, famous as an accomplished actor, writer, producer and visionary director, had originally aspired to become a musician or artist. Having studied at the Art Institute of Chicago for one summer, he continued to draw and paint throughout his life.
TV USA: AN ATLAS FOR CHANNEL SURFERS
Written by Pearlman, Robb
The ultimate coast-to-coast guide for armchair travelers who never leave their armchair because they're watching their favorite television shows. For more than 75 years, television shows have used their fictional or real settings as major characters.
CASTLE ON SUNSET: LIFE, DEATH, LOVE, ART, AND SCANDAL AT HOLLYWOOD'S CHATEAU MARMONT
Written by Levy, Shawn
A definitive history of Hollywood's most iconic, storied, and scandalous hotel. For nearly ninety years, Hollywood's brightest stars have favored the Chateau Marmont as a home away from home.
FAY WRAY AND ROBERT RISKIN: A HOLLYWOOD MEMOIR
Written by Riskin, Victoria
A Hollywood love story, a Hollywood memoir, a (dual) Hollywood biography--the woman who stole the heart of King Kong and the man, Robert Riskin, one of the greatest screenwriters of all time, an Academy Award winner, producer, and longtime collaborator with Frank Capra on eight pictures.
BROADSWORD CALLING DANNY BOY: WATCHING 'WHERE EAGLES DARE'
Written by Dyer, Geoff
Geoff Dyer's earlier book on film, Zona, was about Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, so it was perhaps inevitable that he should next devote his unique critical and stylistic energies to Brian G. Hutton's Where Eagles Dare.
SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS: HOW THE MOVIES SHAPED DESIRE
Written by Thomson, David
From the celebrated film critic and author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, an original, seductive account of sexuality in the movies and of how actors and actresses on screen have fed our desire. Film can make us want things we can not have.
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