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2010 Publications
Books are listed alphabetically under their announced month of release.NOTE: Publication dates are often rescheduled or delayed indefinitely.
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January, 2010:
• The Age of the Dream Palace: Cinema & Society in 1930s Britain , by JeffreyAlfred Hitchcock: The Icon Years American Zombie Gothic: The Rise and Fall (And Rise) of the Walking Dead in Armchair Reader Goes Hollywood BATTLEFILM: U.S. Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures of the Great War Bette Davis Border Bandits: Hollywood on the Southern Frontier Cinema Arthuriana: Twenty Essays Constructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution: Cinema & the Archive • Dreams of Difference, Songs of the Same: The Musical Moment in Film , by • Edgar G. Ulmer: Detour on Poverty Row , edited by Gary Rhodes (paperback edition)Engaging Cinema: An Introduction to Film Studies Features from the Black Lagoon: The Film, Its Sequels, the Spinoffs & the Gary Cooper The Genius & the Goddess: Arthur Miller & Marilyn Monroe George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade–by–Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Grand Illusion: The Third Reich, the Paris Exposition, & the Cultural Seduction Hardboiled Hollywood: The True Crime Stories that Inspired the Great Noir The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia History & Film: Moving Pictures & the Study of the Past Hollywood Legends in Southport Hollywood on the Hudson: Film & Television in New York From Griffith to Horror Stars on Radio: The Broadcast Histories of 29 Chilling Hollywood Voices Humphrey Bogart iMéxico, la patria!: Propaganda & Production During World War II Ingrid Bergman It Happened in Hollywood: Remarkable Events that Shaped History It Happened One Night (Wiley–Blackwell Studies in Film & Television) James Dean: A Rendezvous With Immortality Jewish Comedy Stars: Classic to Cutting Edge Journalists in Film: Heroes & Villains Kazan on Directing Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965 Movie Guide for Legal Studies The Movie Trivia Book My Absolutely Insane Attempt to Rank All Cinema The Myth of Popular Culture: From Dante to Dylan 100 Essential New Zealand Films Philosophy Through Film The Problem of Static in Motion Pictures Reviewing the Image of the Photojournalist in Film: How Ethical Dilemmas Robert Bresson: A Passion for Film Screen Epiphanies: Filmmakers on the Films that Inspired Them Sex & Violence: The Hollywood Censorship Wars Shadows Over Florida A Short History of the Movies Showgirls, Teen Wolves, & Astro Zombies: A Film Critic's Year–Long Quest to Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History Teaching History With Film: Strategies for Secondary Social Studies 10 Bad Dates With De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists A Tenth of a Second: A History Theatres & Motion Picture Houses: A Practical Treatise on the Proper Planning The Uncanny Gaze: The Drama of Early German Cinema Understanding Movies The Undiscovered Paul Robeson: Quest for Freedom, 1939–1976 Unraveling French Cinema: From L'Atlante to Caché Upstaging the Cold War: American Dissent & Cultural Diplomacy, 1940–1960 Victorian Vogue: British Novels on Screen Wolfman vs Dracula: An Alternate History for Classic Film Monsters World War II on the Big Screen: 450+ Hollywood Films
• The Adventure of the Real: Jean Rouch & the Craft of Ethnographic Cinema ,Albert & David Maysles: Interviews All My Shows are Great: The Life of Lew Grade Born to Be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life Cinema & the Shoah: An Art Confronts the Tragedy of the Twentieth Century Cinema Craftmanship: A Book for Photoplaywrights Cinematic Fictions: The Impact of the Cinema on the American Novel Up To Chapaev: Kinofile Filmmakers' Companion 11 The Complete History of American Film Criticism Contemporary Film History , by William Rod Foster (paperback edition)Cult Films Deconstructing the Mystique: An Interdisciplinary Introduction to Cinema Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, & the New Magic of the Twentieth Empire of Sacrifice: The Religious Origins of American Violence Famous Players: The Mysterious Death of William Desmond Taylor (Treasury Femininity in the Frame: Women & 1950s British Popular Cinema Film, Theory, & Philosophy: The Key Thinkers Framing the Nation: Documentary Film in Interwar France Frankly, My Dear: "Gone With the Wind" Revisited From Grain to Pixel: The Archival Life of Film in Transition The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower History by Hollywood A History of the Media in Ireland Hollywood Musicals Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, & the End of the World Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine: A History of Star Makers, Fabricators, & Jean Cocteau (French Film Directors) Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years • Leonard Maltin's 151 Best Movies You've Never Seen , by Leonard Maltin • Lewis Gilbert: Autobiography , by Lewis Gilbert • Medicinema – Doctors in Films , by Brian Glasser (paperback) • Movie Ads of the 1950s , by Ruth Huskey & Gervin Geneva (paperback reprint) • "Otay!": The Billy "Buckwheat" Thomas Story , by William Thomas, Jr., & David • The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film , edited by Steven M. Sanders (paperback • The Quotable Dancer: 1300 Humorous Dance Quotations on Stage, Screen, & , compiled and edited by Colin M. Jarman (paperback) • Real Phonies: Cultures of Authenticity in Post–World War II America , by • Sacred Profanity: Spirituality at the Movies , by Aubrey Malone • A Sci–Fi Swarm & Horror Horde: Interviews With 62 Filmmakers , by Tom Weaver • Screen Adaptations – Shakespeare's King Lear: The Relationship Between Text , by Lisa Hopkins (edited by Ian Hunter) (paperback) • Screen Writings: Partial Views of a Total Art, Classic to Contemporary , by Bert • Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers: What Your Teachers Never Told You About , by Robert Schnakenberg (paperback) • Some Like it Wilder: The Life & Controversial Films of Billy Wilder , by Gene D. • Soviet Cinema: Politics & Persuasion Under Stalin , by Jamie Miller • Starstruck: Vintage Posters from Classic Hollywood Films, 1912–1962 , by • Studying French Cinema , by Isabelle Vanderschelden • Try to Tell the Story: A Memoir , by David Thomson (paperback edition) • Un Chien Andalou (French Film Guide) , by Elza Adamowicz (paperback) • Understanding Lillian Hellman , by Alice Griffin & Geraldine Thorsten (paperback • Wagner & Cinema , edited by Jeongwon Joe & Sander L. Gilman • What is Film Theory? , by Richard Rushton & Gary Bettinson • Women, Desire, & Power in Italian Cinema , by Marga Cottino–Jones • World War II Movies , by Philip Martin McCaulay (self–published paperback) • Zasu Pitts: The Life & Career , by Charles Stumpf (paperback)
• The A to Z of Hong Kong Cinema , by Lisa Odham Stokes (paperback)African Americans in the Performing Arts Akira Kurosawa: Master of Cinema The Amazing Colossal Worlds of Mr. B.I.G.: An Autobiographical Journey The Art of Bollywood Bowery to Broadway: The American Irish in Classic Hollywood Cinema Bowker's Complete Video Directory 2010 (4 vol. set) British Cinema & Middlebrow Culture in the Interwar Years Cinema: A Visual Anthropology Cinematic Emotion in Horror Films & Thrillers: The Aesthetic Paradox of Cinepaternity: Fathers & Sons in Soviet & Post–Soviet Film Clark Gable: Tormented Star Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice (Screen Classics) Dancing on Astaire: 2000 Biographical Quotations About the World's Greatest Design & Popular Entertainment Dracula: Lon Chaney Talks (Alternate History of Classic Monster Films) Ends of Empire: Asian American Critique & the Cold War English Filming, English Writing Faces in the Mirror: Oscar Micheaux & Spike Lee The Fall & Rise of The Empire: A History of the Thwaites Empire Theatre, Famous Faces Yet Not Themselves: The Misfits & Icons of Postwar America Federico Fellini: The Films • Fifties Blondes: Sexbombs, Sirens, Bad Girls & Teen Queens , by Richard KoperFilm Music: A Very Short Introduction Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History The Films of Mamie Van Doren French War Films & National Identity The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era The Great Composers Portrayed on Film: 1913 through 2002 The Green Hornet: A History of Radio, Motion Pictures, Comics & Television Hero: From the Silent Era to Dilip Kumar, Vol. 1 (The Bollywood Series) Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema A History of the American Film Hollywood Marines: Celebrities Who Served in the Corps How We Advertised America: The First Telling of the Amazing Story of the A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life & Films of Vincente Minnelli I Know Where I'm Going: Katharine Hepburn, A Personal Biography International Film Guide 2010 Learning From Hollywood: Architecture & Film Lonelyhearts: The Screwball World of Nathanael West & Eileen McKenney A Man Named Smith: The Novels & Screen Legacy of Thorne Smith Marketing Modernity: Victorian Popular Shows & Early Cinema Me Cheeta: My Life in Hollywood • Motion–Picture: Webster's Timeline History, 1830–2005 , edited by Philip M. • Movie Confidential: Sex, Scandal, Murder & Mayhem in the Film Industry , by • Nickelodeon City: Pittsburgh At the Movies, 1905–1929 , by Michael Aronson • Opened Time Capsules: My Vintage Conversations With Show Business , by David Rothel (paperback) • Outsider: Films on India, 1950–1990 , edited by Shanay Jhaveri (paperback) • Paul & Me: Fifty–Three Years of Adventures & Misadventures With My Pal , by A.E. Hotchner • Screen Writings: Genres, Classics, & Aesthetics , by Bert Cardullo • Serials & Series: A World Filmography, 1912–1956 , by Buck Rainey (paperback • She Always Knew How: Mae West, A Personal Biography , by Charlotte Chandler • Show Tunes: The Songs, Shows, & Careers of Broadway's Major Composers , • Sounds of the Future: Essays on Music in Science Fiction Film , edited by Mathew • Tales of a Hollywood Housewife: A Memoir by the First Mrs. Lee Marvin , by • Teaching Italian American Literature, Film, & Popular Culture , by Edvige Giunta • A Touch of Grace: How to Be a Princess, the Grace Kelly Way , by Cindy De La Hoz • Universal Women: Filmmaking & Institutional Change in Early Hollywood , by • Verna Felton , by Fredrick Tucker (paperback) • Virgin Territory: Representing Sexual Inexperience in Film , edited by Tamar • World on Film: An Introduction , by Martha P. Nochimson
• The A to Z of German Cinema , by Robert C. Reimer (paperback)Abandoned Images: Film & Film's End Animating Space: From Mickey to WALL–E Authors Out Here: Fitzgerald, West, Parker, & Schulberg in Hollywood The Baseball Filmography: 1915 through 2001 Bela Balazs' Early Film Theory: "Visible Man" & "The Spirit of Film" Beyond Paradise: The Life of Ramon Novarro Black American Cinema Reconsidered (AFI Film Readers) British Film Design: A History Christopher Lee & Peter Cushing & Horror Cinema: A Filmography of Their 22 Dana Andrews: The Face of Noir David Niven: The Man Behind the Balloon The Director Divided Loyalties The Edge of Ruin Epics, Spectacles, & Blockbusters: A Hollywood History Film Noir, American Workers, & Postwar Hollywood Forties Film Funnymen: The Decade's Great Comedians at Work in the Shadow From La presa di Roma a Il piccolo garibaldino: The Risorgimento, Freemasonry Global Art Cinema: New Theories & Histories Grace Kelly Style: Fashion for Hollywood's Princess The Great Movie Musicals: A Viewer's Guide to 168 Films That Really Sing Guillermo Calles: A Biography of the Actor & Mexican Cinema Pioneer Harmony & Dissent: Film & Avant–garde Art Movements in the Early Twentieth Hindi Action Cinema: Industries, Narratives, Bodies Historical Dictionary of Film Noir • The History of Hollywood Musical Bio Pics , by Harvey Sheldon (self–published • Hollywood Musicals Year by Year , (3rd edition) by Barry Monush (paperback) • Hollywood's America: Twentieth–Century America Through Film , (4th edition) • Hollywood's Earth Shattering Scandals: The Infamous, Villains, (part 1) • Hollywood's Earth Shattering Scandals: The Infamous, Villains, , • Hollywood's Most Horrible People, Stars, Times, & Scandals , (3rd edition) by • How to Be A Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood , by William J. Mann • Humphrey Jennings (British Film Makers) , by Keith Beattie • Idols of Modernity: Movie Stars of the 1920s , by Patrice Petro • An Introduction to Philosophy: In Black, White and Color , by Jeff McLaughlin • King Baggot: A Biography & Filmography of the First King of the Movies , by Sally • La Regle du Jeu (French Film Guide) , by Keith Reader (paperback) • Lady Ruth: Still Kicking , by Ruth Carlsson (edited by Joyce Rosenberg) • Latin American Writers & the Rise of Hollywood Cinema , by Jason Borge • Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost & Found , by Allegra Huston (paperback edition) • Merton of the Movies (Classic Reprint) , by Harry Leon Wilson (paperback reprint of • Migration Documentary Films in Post–War Australia , by Liangwen Kuo • Movie Charts: Comedy Graphs of the Films You Love , by Paul Copperwaite • Movies for a Desert Isle: Forty–Two Well–Known Film Lovers in Search of the , by Elena Oumano (paperback reprint) • My Cinema Paradiso: A Movie–Marathon Lifetime Memoir in 3–D Poetry , by • 1927 and the Rise of Modern America , by Charles J. Shindo • 99 Classic Movies for People in a Hurry , by Thomas Wengelewski • Olive Borden: The Life & Films of Hollywood's "Joy Girl" , by Michelle Vogel • Ostrannenie (Key Debates in European Film Studies) , edited by Annie van den • Paris on Film: A Walking Tour of the City of Cinema From 'Napoleon' to 'Amelie' , • Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life , by Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton • Reclaiming the Archive: Feminism & Film History , edited by Vicki Callahan • The Search for Charlie Chaplin , by Kevin Brownlow (paperback) • Second Takes: Critical Approaches to the Film Sequel , edited by Carolyn • Slapstick Comedy (AFI Film Readers) , edited by Rob King & Tom Paulus • The Songs of Hollywood , by Philip Furia & Laurie Patterson • Stan Kenton: This is an Orchestra! , by Michael Sparke • Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne , by James Gavin (paperback edition) • Warning Shadows: Home Alone With Classic Cinema , by Gary Giddins (paperback) • Westerns & the Trail of Tradition: A Year–by–Year History, 1929–1962 , by • What A Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years , by Ricky
• The A to Z of Irish Cinema , by Roderick Flynn (paperback)The A to Z of Polish Cinema The A to Z of Russian & Soviet Cinema African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900–1960 African American Theater Buildings: An Illustrated Historical Directory, 1900– Ann Harding: Cinema's Gallant Lady Are There Real Asian American Women in Hollywood Movies?: Media Arizona's Little Hollywood: Sedona & Northern Arizona's Forgotten Film History The Art of Hollywood Glamour: Marlene Dietrich Portraits Blondie Goes to Hollywood: The Blondie Comic Strip in Films, Radio & Broadway: The American Musical Chaplin: The Tramp's Odyssey Chinese Film Stars Chromatic Cinema: A History of Screen Color • Day Dreams , by Rudolph Valentino (new forward and illustrations by Evelyn Zumaya)Death in Classical Hollywood Cinema Duke Ellington's America E.A. DuPont & His Contribution to British Film Encyclopedia of Early Cinema Fall Girl: My Life As a Western Stunt Double The Fantasy Film (New Approaches to Film Genre) Fashion, Media, Promotion: The New Black Magic Film Adaptation in the Hollywood Studio Era Film Noir: The Encyclopedia Forever L.A.: A Field Guide to Los Angeles Area Cemeteries & Their Residents Foxy Lady: The Authorized Biography of Lynn Bari France's New Deal: From the Thirties to the Postwar Era From Rajahs & Yogis to Gandhi & Beyond: Images of India in International Gracie Fields: The Authorised Biography Gripping Chapters: The Sound Movie Serial A History of Sports Highlights: Replayed Plays from Edison to ESPN Hollywood Westerns & American Myth: The Importance of Howard Hawks & • Horror Film Aesthetics: The Visual Language of Fear , by Thomas Sipos (paperback) • Judy Canova: Singin' in the Corn , by Ben Ohmart (paperback) • Let's Explore Hollywood: The Entertainment Capital of the World , by Zachary • The Lion & the Giraffe: A Naturalist's Life in the Movie Business , by Jack Couffer • Making Settler Cinemas: Film & Colonial Encounters in the United States, , by Peter Limbrick • Midnight Marquee #77 , by Gary J. Svehia (articles & DVD reviews of vintage movies) • Mystery Movie Series of 1940's Hollywood , by Ron Backer (paperback) • Nostalgia After Nazism: History, Home, & Affect in German & Austrian , by Heidi Schlipphacke • Paul Newman: A Life , by Shawn Levy (paperback edition) • The Passion of Montgomery Clift , by Amy Lawrence • The Philosophy of the Western , edited by Jennifer L. McMahon & B. Steve Csaki • The Problem Body: Projecting Disability on Film , (2nd edition) edited by Sally • Romantic Comedy (Routledge Film Guidebooks) , by Claire Mortimer • Screening Enlightenment: Hollywood & the Cultural Reconstruction of Defeated , by Hiroshi Kitamura • The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham: A Biography , by Selina Hastings • Sex in Cinema: A History of Female Sexuality in Indian Films , by Fareed Kazmi • Soy Cuba: Cuban Cinema Posters 1950–1970 , by Carole Goodman & Claudio • Studying Ealing Studios , by Stephanie Muir (paperback) • Three Chords for Beauty's Sake: The Life of Artie Shaw , by Tom Nolan • Touchstones of Gothic Horror: A Film Genealogy of Eleven Motifs & Images , by • Visions of Japanese Modernity: Articulatiions of Cinema, Nation, & , by Aaron Gerow • WHATSHISNAME: The Life & Death of Charles Hawtrey , by Wes Butters
• The A to Z of Spanish Cinema , by Alberto Mira (paperback)Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the American Noir: Underground Writers & Filmmakers of the Postwar Era The American Worker on Film: A Critical History, 1909–1999 Anna May Wong: A Complete Guide to Her Film, Stage, Radio & Television The Art of the Moving Picture (Classic Reprint) The Batman Filmography: Live–action Features, 1943–1997 A Bright & Guilty Place: Murder, Corruption, & L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age Cinema, Emergence, & the Films of Satyajit Ray • Cinema – Italy , by Stefania Parigi (paperback) • Columbia Pictures Horror: Science Fiction & Fantasy Films, 1928–1982 , by • Directory of World Cinema: Japan , edited by John Berra (paperback) • Documentary (Routledge Film Guidebooks) , by David Saunders • Doris Day: Sentimental Journey , by Garry McGee (paperback reprint) • Drawn to Sound: Animation Film Music & Sonicity , by Rebecca Coyle • Edgar Rice Burroughs & Tarzan: A Biography of the Author & His Creation , by • Elvis , (revised edition) by Jerry Hopkins (paperback) • Encyclopedia of Motion Picture Sound , by Marty McGee (paperback reprint) • Evolution, Literature, & Film: A Reader , edited by Brian Boyd, et al. • Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, & the Dawn of , by Sam Wasson • The Film Theory Reader: Debates & Arguments , edited by Marc Furstenau • Frances Farmer: The Life & Films of a Troubled Star , by Peter Shelley • From Broadway to the Bowery: A History & Filmography of the Dead End Kids, , by Leonard Getz • Furious Love: The Love Affair of Elizabeth & Richard , by Sam Kashner & Nancy • The Golden Age of Indianapolis Theaters , by Howard Caldwell • H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life , by Michael Sherborne • H.G. Wells on Film: The Utopian Nightmare , by Don G. Smith (paperback reprint) • Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film (Screen Classics) , by Ruth • Here's Looking At You: Hollywood, Film & Politics , (3rd edition) by Ernest Giglio • Historic Movie Theatres in Illinois, 1883–1960 , by Konrad Schiecke (paperback • Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema , by Alberto Mira • A History of American Movies: A Film–by–Film Look at the Art, Craft, & Business , by Paul Monaco • Hollywood Stories: Short, Entertaining Anecdotes About the Stars & Legends of , by Stephen Schochet • Horror Film Directors, 1931–1990 , by Dennis Fischer (paperback reprint) • An Illustrated History of Trigger: The Lives & Legend of Roy Rogers' Palomino , • Italian Horror Film Directors , by Louis Paul (paperback reprint) • Jacques Rivette (French Film Directors) , by Douglas Morrey & Alison Smith • The Japanese Filmography: A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers & the , by • John Huston: Essays on a Restless Director , edited by Tony Tracy & Roddy Flynn • Killer Kaiju: Film's Greatest Japanese Monsters , by Ivan Vartanian • A Lady Undefined: From Carriage to Concorde , by David Knapp (self–published • Leslie Howard: The Lost Actor , by Estel Eforgan • Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews , by Ray Bradbury & Sam Weller • The Literary Monster on Film: Five Nineteenth Century British Novels & Their , by Abigail Burnham Bloom (paperback) • The Look of Catholics: Portrayals in Popular Culture from the Great Depression , by Anthony Burke Smith • Louis Armstrong: The Life, Music & Screen Career , by Scott Allen Nollen (paperback • The Making of Rebel Without A Cause , by Douglas L. Rathgeb (paperback reprint) • The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy , • The Mexican Filmography, 1916 Through 2001 , by David E. Wilt (paperback • Mickey Mouse, Hitler, & Nazi Germany: How Disney's Characters Conquered , by Carten Laqua (paperback) • The 1950s: Behind the Scenes (Hollywood Filmmaking) , by Joel W. FinlerThe 1930s: Behind the Scenes (Hollywood Filmmaking) • The People Puzzler Goes Hollywood! , by the Editors of People Magazine • Popular Performer – 1920s: The Best Songs From Broadway, Movies & Radio , arranged by Jan Sanborn (music arrangements) • Post–Classical Hollywood: History, Film, Style, & Ideology Since 1945 , by Barry • A Quiet Man Miscellany , by Des MacHale • Romantics & Modernists in British Cinema , by John Orr • Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895–1998 , by Dennis Fischer (paperback reprint) • Sir Charlie Chaplin, The Funniest Man in the World , by Sid Fleischman (for young • Sound Films, 1927–1939: A United States Filmography , by Alan G. Fetrow • Studying Hammer Horror , by Victoria Walden (paperback) • Universal Sound Westerns, 1929–1946: The Complete Filmography , by Gene • The Uses of Phobia: Essays on Literature & Film , by David Trotter (paperback) • Vertigo (Philosophers on Film) , edited by Katalin Makkai • Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features & Shorts , by Roy Liebman • You Are What You See: Watching Movies Through a Christian Lens , by Scott
• All My Flashbacks: The Autobiography of Lewis Gilbert, Sixty Years a Film , by Lewis GilbertBridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds The City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, & Premonitions of New Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History Cinema After Fascism: The Shattered Screen • The Cinema of Preston Sturges: A Critical Study , by Alessandro Pirolini (paperback) • A Companion to Luis Buñuel , by Gwynne Edwards (paperback) • The Cowgirl Way: Hats Off to America's Women of the West , by Holly • A Critical History & Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series , (2nd edition) by David • The Devil on Screen: Feature Films Worldwide, 1913 Through 2000 , by Charles • Elvis Presley: The Man. The Life. The Legend. , by Pamela Clarke Keogh (paperback • Errol Flynn: The True Adventures of a Real–Life Rogue , by Lincoln Douglas Hurst • Film & the Law , (2nd edition) by Steve Greenfield, et al. (paperback) • 501 Must–See Movies , by Ann Lloyd, et al. • The Golden Years of Manchester Picture Houses: Memories of the Silver Screen , by Derek J. Southall (paperback) • The Hollywood Curriculum: Teachers in the Movies , (2nd edition) by Mary M. • Hollywood's Blacklists: A Political & Cultural History , by Reynold Humphries • I Appreciate It: My Life , by Andy Griffith (with Jim Clark) • The Immortal Count: The Life & Films of Bela Lugosi , by Arthur Lennig (paperback • Landscape Allegory in Cinema: From Wilderness to Wasteland , by David Melbye • Leonard Maltin's Must–See Movies (2011 Day–to–Day Calendar) , by Leonard • Literature, Cinema, & Politics, 1930–1945: Reading Between the Frames , byMapping the Moving Image: Gesture, Thought & Cinema Circa 1900 • The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons , edited by Jerry Beck (paperback) • People – Great Lives Remembered: 55 Stars, Heroes & Icons America Loved , by • Popular Performer – 1930s: The Best Songs From Broadway, Movies & Radio , arranged by Jan Sanborn (music arrangements) • Reading the Cinematograph: The Cinema in British Short Fiction, 1896–1912 , • Rome on Film: A Reader , edited by Gideon Nisbet • The Routledge Companion to Philosophy & Film , edited by Paisley Livingston & • Singing Was the Easy Part , by Vic Damone (paperback edition) • Studying Italian Cinema , by Adalgisa Serio (paperback) • Sweet Smell of Success (BFI Film Classics) , by James Naremore (paperback) • 'They Thought It Was A Marvel': Arthur Melbourne–Cooper (1874–1961), , by Tjitte De Vries & Ati Mui (book + DVD) • Up From the Vault: Rare Thrillers of the 1920s & 1930s , by John T. Soister • Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever 2011 , edited by Jim Craddock (paperback) • Walt Disney: A Biography , by Louise Krasniewicz & Michael Blitz • The World's Rarest Movie Posters , by Todd Spoor
• Academic Films for the Classroom: A History , by Geoff Alexander (paperback)American Classic Screen: Interviews Celebrity Minnesota: Minnesotas in the Spotlight – Past & Present Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective & His Rendezvous The Child in Film: Tears, Fears, & Fairy Tales Cinema Noir Wall Calendar Counter–Archive: Film, the Everyday, & Albert Kahn's Archives de la Planète Dancing Cinema Wall Calendar The Dark Mirror: Psychiatry & Film Noir Deborah Kerr: A Biography A Disney Sketchbook, 1928–2008 English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema Everything You Wanted to Know About LACAN . . . But Were Afraid to Ask The Fall of Buster Keaton: His Films for MGM, Educational Pictures, and The Femme Fatale: Images, Histories, Contexts Film & Television Music: A Guide to Books, Articles, & Composer Interviews Film Posters from the 1950s Film Posters from the 1940s Film Posters from the 1930s 500 Essential Cult Movies: The Ultimate Guide Forgotten Futures: British Municipal Cinema 1920–1980 From the Arthouse to the Grindhouse: Highbrow & Lowbrow Transgression in Gilda (BFI Film Classics) Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist from Café Society to A History of Horror The History of Italian Cinema, 1905–2003 Hollywood Catwalk: Exploring Costume & Transformation in American Film , Horror Movie Freak • Howard Hughes: Hell's Angel , (2nd edition) by Darwin PorterIncredibly Strange Films Israeli Cinema: East/West & the Politics of Representation Johnny Mercer: Southern Songwriter for the World Keaton's Silent Shorts: Beyond the Laughter Larger Than Life: Movie Stars of the 1950s • Leonard Maltin's 2011 Movie Guide , by Leonard Maltin (paperback) • Horror Movie Freak , by Don Sumner (paperback) • Monster Movies (2011 Wall Calendar) , by Universal Studios (calendar) • Movie Movements , by James Clarke (paperback) • Movie Posters (2011 Wall Calendar) , by The National Film Registry of The Library of • Paul Robeson: Film Pioneer , by Scott Allen Nollen (paperback) • Perfectly Amanda, Gunsmoke's 'Miss Kitty': To Dodge and Beyond , by Beckey • Popcorn: Fifty Years of Rock 'n' Roll Movies , by Garry Mulholland • The Real Brando: Portrait of a Friendship , by George Englund (paperback) • The Real Wizard of Oz: The Life & Times of L. Frank Baum , by Rebecca Loncraine • Robert A. Heinlein: Volume 1 (1907–1949): Learning Curve , by William H. • The Rough Guide to Cult Movies , (new edition) by Paul Simpson (paperback) • S.M. Eisenstein Selected Works, Vol.1: Writings, 1922–1934 , by S.M. Eisenstein • S.M. Eisenstein Selected Works, Vol. 2: Towards a Theory of Montage , by S.M. • S.M. Eisenstein Selected Works, Vol. 3: Writings, 1934–1947 , by S.M. Eisenstein • Screen Adaptation: Impure Cinema , by Deborah Cartmell & Imelda Whelehan • Self & Society in the Films of Robert Wise , by Justin E.A. Busch (paperback) • Sergei Eisenstein Selected Works , by Sergei M. Eisenstein (edited by Richard Taylor) • Two Guys Named Joe: Master Animation Storytellers Joe Grant & Joe Ranft , by • 2011 'Gone With the Wind' Wall Calendar , by Day Dream (calendar) • 2011 'Wizard of Oz' Wall Calendar , by Day Dream (calendar) • Women in the Horror Films of Vincent Price , by Jonathan Malcolm Lampley
• American Classic Screen: Features , edited by John C. Tibbetts & James M. Welsh • American Classic Screen: Profiles , edited by John C. Tibbetts & James M. WelshAncient Rome at the Cinema: Story & Spectacle in Hollywood & Rome Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr Cinematic Cold War: The American & Soviet Struggle for Hearts & Minds Color Me Marilyn: Classic Hollywood Moments Czech & Slovak Cinema Elizabeth Taylor: The Most Beautiful Woman in the World (A Photographic Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898–1999 Fade to Black: A Book of Over 1500 Movie Obituaries Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film Greta Garbo: The Mystery of Style Hail, Hail, Euphoria!: Presenting Duck Soup, the Greatest War Movie Ever Made The Hammersteins: A Musical Theatre Family Hitchcock Annual The Hollywood Film Music Reader • Hollywood Goes Oriental: Caucasian Performance in American Film , by Karla • Humphrey Bogart: The Making of a Legend , by Darwin Porter • The Left Side of the Screen: Communist & Left–wing Ideology in Hollywood, , by Bob Herzberg (paperback) • Literature & Film in the Third Reich , by Karl–Heinz Schoeps (paperback reprint) • Mass Appeal: The Formative Age of the Movies, Radio, & TV , by Edward D. • Movie History: A Survey , by Douglas Gomery (reprint) • Noir Urbanisms: Dystopic Images of the Modern City , edited by Gyan Prakash • Nordic Exposures: Scandinavian Identities in Classical Hollywood Cinema , by • On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, & the Soul of the Port of , by James T. Fisher (paperback edition) • 101 Action Movies You Must See Before You Die , edited by Steven Jay Schneider • 101 Cult Movies You Must See Before You Die , edited by Steven Jay Schneider • Past Forward: French Cinema & the Post–Colonial Heritage , by Dayna Oscherwitz • Pick Yourself Up: Dorothy Fields & the American Musical , by Charlotte Greenspan • Race Under Reconstruction in German Cinema: Robert Stemmle's Toxi , by • Remaking the Middle Ages: The Methods of Cinema & History in Portraying the , by Andrew B.R. Elliott (paperback) • Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt , by Robert Gottlieb • Science Fiction Confidential: Interviews with 23 Monster Stars & Filmmakers , • Screening Cuba: Film Criticism as Political Performance During the Cold War , • The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe , by J. Randy Taraborrelli (paperback edition) • Sherlock Holmes on Screen: The Complete Film & TV History , (revised) by Alan • Silent Film Necrology , (2nd edition) by Eugene Michael Vazzana (paperback reprint) • Singin' in the Rain: The Making of an American Masterpiece , by Earl J. Hess & • Steve McQueen: Living on the Edge , by Michael Munn • Terence Rattigan , by Geoffrey Wansell (paperback reprint) • The Vampire Film: From Nosferatu to Twilight , (4th edition) by Alain Silver & James • Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre–Code Hollywood , by John • When Hollywood Came to Town: The Heritage of Moviemaking in Utah , by • Women Labor Activists in the Movies: Nine Depictions of Workplace Organizers, , by Jennifer L. Borda (paperback) • Zagat: 1,000 Top Movies of All Time , (9th edition) compiled by Zagat Survey
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