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Bahrenburg, Bruce The Creation of Dino De Laurentiis' King Kong
New York, New York, U.S.A. Pocket Books 1976 067180796X / 9780671807962 Mass Market Paperback Fine 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Fine copy of this 1976 (December) paperback. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or clippings. Illustrated with photos. Tight spine. 273 pages. Very-slight page-tanning. NO writing, marks or tears inside book.
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Behlmer, Rudy (Selected & Edited By); Behrman, S.N. (Introduction) Memo from: David O. Selznick
New York, New York, U.S.A. Grove Press 1981 0394179374 / 9780394179377 Trade Paperback Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good, clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Front cover has a small hole punched out at upper-right-hand corner (obviously made with a paper punch). Illustrated with 48 pages of photos. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show tanning. 518 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Annotation Noted for their rage and impatience as much as for their wit, here are Selznick's impassioned and eloquent memos to directors, stars, and studio executives
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Bluestone, George Novels into Film: The Metamorphosis of Fiction Into Cinema
Univ of California Pr 1971 0520001303 / 9780520001305 Trade Paperback Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. 237 pages. NO writing or tears inside book. NO tears on covers. Review "Bluestone believes that the film is independent, free to add that new ending or to leave several characters on the cutting room floor. In judging the quality of any filmed novel his question is, Has the movie maker discovered visual effects that interpret rather than repeat the material of the novel? In other words, Has he created a new form?... Each film is analyzed by comparing novel and shooting script and then viewing the film with script in hand. Alterations are carefully studied in light of a broad knowledge of literature and motion picture history, and extensive research is in evidence on every page." -- American Scholar "An excellent and stimulating study... A brilliant critical essay on the limits of the novel and the limits of the film... His most important accomplishment is to integrate the critical approach to these varying forms: one respectable, dignified, accepted; the other young, often brash, fighting for recognition. This is an approach which is extremely useful for it does not involve the traditional advocacy for one form over another. Dr. Bluestone has respect for both." -- Los Angeles Times Product Description First published in 1957, this seminal work of film theory analyzes the process -- "the mysterious alchemy" -- by which novels are transformed into films. Beginning with a discussion of the aesthetic limits of both the novel and the film, George Bluestone goes on to offer close readings of six films based on novels of serious literary merit -- The Informer, Wuthering Heights, The Grapes of Wrath, Pride and Prejudice, The Ox-Bow Incident, and Madame Bovary -- focusing on the additions, deletions, and other changes made by the filmmakers in adapting the source material for the screen. Based on both in-depth research into film archives and libraries and on interviews with the screenwriters, directors, and producers who worked on these films, Novels into Film concludes that because the novel lends itself to states of consciousness and the film to observed reality, the adaptation of one from the other produces a new and wholly autonomous art form.
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Bobker, Lee R. Elements of Film: Second Edition
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1974 0155220950 / 9780155220959 Trade Paperback Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
NO tears - Tight spine - Illustrated throughout with photos (color and black-and-white) - 272 pages - 45 pages have light writing/underlining -
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Bruck, Connie When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent into Power and Influence
Random House Inc 2003 0375501681 / 9780375501685 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $29.95. 514 pages. Illustrated with photos. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. From Publishers Weekly Until his death last year, Wasserman was one of the last survivors from the corporate side of Hollywood's golden era. Having started as an agent at MCA, he eventually became the firm's president, but not before he'd turned the talent agency into a powerful film and television studio, buying out Universal in the process. Wasserman's story is inseparable from that of MCA, and this book appropriately begins with an account of the company's founder, Jules Stein, who began booking bands from his Chicago office in 1924. This put Stein, and MCA, in contact with the local musicians' union, which then linked him to organized crime-the first of several such links the book explores. Wasserman helped shift the balance of power to Hollywood, remaining with the firm despite being widely sought after by rival agencies and movie studios. He also helped extend MCA's political influence, through extensive fund-raising and a longstanding connection with former client Ronald Reagan. New Yorker staffer Bruck (Master of the Game) is strong on Wasserman's corporate tactics, as well as later buyouts of Universal by foreign investors. But she also demonstrates extensive familiarity with the business's underside, exploring Wasserman's connections with mob lawyer Sidney Korshak, which assured a comfortable relationship between MCA and Hollywood's unions. Much more than a celebrity-studded tale, Bruck's work offers a look at the corporate machinations behind the film industry's myths. 8-page photo insert not seen by PW. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist Lew Wasserman arrived in Hollywood in 1939 to help Jules Stein transform MCA from a band-booking company into a talent agency for movie stars. He did that and a whole lot more, as award-winning business reporter Bruck makes clear in this absolutely riveting account of power-broking in Tinseltown. Wasserman's career possesses a kind of epic symmetry: by freeing the stars of the 1940s from the servitude of studio contracts, he effectively ended the era of the movie moguls, only to become the greatest mogul of them all. But, as Bruck explains in painstaking but absorbing detail, Wasserman redefined the role of the mogul. In the days of Warner, Mayer, et al., the moguls operated their individual fiefdoms, largely independent of one another; Wasserman wanted it all, and eventually, as MCA morphed into Universal Studios, he got it--not a fiefdom but the whole empire. Television, we learn, was the key. Whereas the old guard saw TV as a threat and attempted to close ranks against it, Wasserman saw it as the future and sought to dominate it. Long before content became a buzzword for the Internet generation, Wasserman bought Paramount Pictures' film library for peanuts and peddled it to the networks for millions. With the gusto of Howard Cosell at ringside, Bruck reports on business coup after business coup, showing not only how Wasserman roped his dopes but also how he acquired the leverage (Mob lawyer Sidney Korshak helped) to do so. This is the most revealing look at the business of Hollywood since Robert Evans growled his way through The Kid Stays in the Picture (1994). Ilene Cooper
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Burch, Noel; Brewster, Ben (translated & Edited by) Life to Those Shadows
Univ of California Pr 1990 0520071441 / 9780520071445 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. Illustrated throughout. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 318 pages. Product Description This book examines the chronology of the emergence of what it defines as cinema's Institutional Mode of Representation and the socio-historical circumstances in which this took place. It examines the principles of visualisation--camera placement and movement, lighting, editing, mise-en-scene--that film-makers and audiences came to internalize over the first three decades.
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Capra, Frank The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography
The Macmillan Co. 1971 Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-nice, clean copy. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. Dustcover shows light wear (NO tears). Red boards with gilt lettering (clean and bright) - 513 pages. Illustrated throughout with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, pages.
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Carey, Gary Doug & Mary: A Biography of Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford
E. P. Dutton 1977 0525095128 / 9780525095125 Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $8.95. Illustrated with photos. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing or tears inside book. Dustcover shows slight wear (NO tears). Red boards with black spine/silver lettering (clean and bright). 248 pages.
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Carraze, Alain;Putheaud, Jean-Luc;Geairns, Alex J. The Avengers Companion
San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Bay Books 1998 0912333618 / 9780912333618 Trade Paperback Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Near-new copy of this over-sized book. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 199 pages. Synopsis This comprehensive guide to the stylish '60s TV cult classic is being published to coincide with the release of the Warner Bros. movie, "The Avengers", starring Uma Thurman, Ralph Fiennes, and Sean Connery. 250 photos, 112 in color.,
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Carver, Raymond; Altman, Robert (Introduction) Short Cuts: Selected Stories
New York, New York, U.S.A. Vintage Books 1993 0679748644 / 9780679748649 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine, bright pages. 158 pages. A movie tie-in edition to the brilliant new film by Robert Altman, based on these nine stories by Carver, "one of the great short story writers of our time of any time" (Philadelphia Inquirer).
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Chandler, Charlotte Nobody's Perfect: Billy Wilder A Personal Biography
Simon & Schuster 2002 0743217098 / 9780743217095 Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-fine condition. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Small remainder mark on bottom (outside page edges). NO price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $27.50. Tight spine, bright pages. 352 pages. Nicely illustrated with photos. From Publishers Weekly Everyone knows Wilder's reputation as a consummate storyteller who had one true or not for every occasion. Upon his death in March of this year, homages to the great director were filled with well-known anecdotes, passed along like great jokes. They were always funny and showed the filmmaker at his sharpest, but they also helped obscure the man behind a wall of wit and showmanship. This new biography from Groucho Marx and Federico Fellini biographer Chandler, which takes its title from the last line of Some Like It Hot, avoids this trap by simply letting Wilder talk at length. Unlike Cameron Crowe in his 1999 book of conversations with Wilder, Chandler keeps herself mostly in the background, popping up only occasionally to point out which actor had led her to interview which director, and so on. As a result, the book is a rich compendium of primary source material, containing interviews with Wilder himself, Kirk Douglas, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Ginger Rogers, Jimmy Stewart, Gloria Swanson and others. The book doesn't offer lengthy discussions of Wilder as a cinematic genius; readers will not find critical appraisals of Ace in the Hole or Sunset Boulevard. However, the author does richly document the making of some of Wilder's masterpieces and open the sluice gates for the voluble Wilder as well as the recondite storytellers mentioned above. Altogether, it makes for a comprehensive portrait of Wilder that goes beyond the witty stories.
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Chandler, Charlotte The Girl Who Walked Home Alone: Bette Davis, A Personal Biography
Simon & Schuster 2006 0743262085 / 9780743262088 Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $26.00. 348 pages. Tight spine, clean pages. Illustrated with photos. Dustcover is clean and bright, shows light wear (NO tears). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Synopsis Even a short list of Bette Davis's most famous films -- Of Human Bondage; Jezebel; Dark Victory; The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex; Now, Voyager; All About Eve; What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? -- reveals instantly what a major force she was in Hollywood. Her distinctive voice, her remarkable eyes, her astonishing range and depth of characterization -- all these qualities combined to make Bette Davis one of the finest performers in film history. Drawing on extensive conversations with Bette Davis during the last decade of her life, Charlotte Chandler gives us a biography in which the great actress speaks for herself. (It was she who suggested that Chandler write this book.) Chandler also spoke with directors, actors, and others who knew and worked with Davis. As a result Davis comes to life in these pages -- a dynamic, forceful presence once again, just as she was on the screen. Though she owed everything to her mother, Ruthie, Bette Davis remained fascinated all her life by her hard-to-please father, who walked out on his family. She remembered the disappointment -- which never left -- over her father's lack of interest in her, and she believed that her resentment of him was probably a major factor in her four failed marriages: she kept putting her men in a position where they would eventually disappoint her. She spoke happily of her love affairs with Howard Hughes and William Wyler; she recalled her leading men, favorite co-stars, and unloved rivals; and she took great care to refute the persistent Hollywood legend that she was difficult to work with. Alone and ill, she faced her last days with bravery and dignity. The Girl Who Walked Home Alone is a brilliant portrait of an enduring icon from Hollywood's golden age and an unforgettable biography of the real woman behind the star.
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Clooney, Nick The Movies That Changed Us: Reflections on the Screen
New York, New York, U.S.A. Atria Books 2002 0743410432 / 9780743410434 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. NO price clippings. Remainder mark on bottom. Price inside dustcover: $26.00 - 324 pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - Nick Clooney, one of America's most respected film critics and historians, presents a distinctive catalog of movies that have influenced and altered not only the world of cinema, but also the world in which we live. Since the advent of moving pictures, there have been films that exist as more than just entertainment. These rare movies have touched the collective soul of the public with such passion and artistic skill that they have actually changed the way we view life, history, and ourselves. Some have transformed the way movies are made and viewed -- and some have actually transformed us. In The Movies That Changed Us, Clooney explores, explains, and theorizes upon twenty films -- reaching from 1998 back to 1915 -- that forever shifted our perceptions about race, religion, sex, politics, and the very definition of humanity. From the ambitiously epic -- though manifestly racist -- Birth of a Nation, to the controversial violence of Taxi Driver, to the mythic idealism and visual cornucopia of 2001:A Space Odyssey and Star Wars, Clooney relates the stories behind the camera in an informative, engaging, and personal chronicle of cinema and society.
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Cummings, Barbara; Power, Jo-Ann Prime Time
Pinnacle Books 1992 1558176675 / 9781558176676 Mass Market Paperback Near-Fine 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Near-fine condition. Remainder mark present - NO clippings. Covers are bright and clean (NO tears). Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 381 pages. Product Description The most scandalous encounters at DCC--cable industry's most respected network--happen behind the cameras as reporters and producers battle for supremacy in work and in love. Original.
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Damon, Matt; Affleck, Ben; Van Sant, Gus (Introduction) Good Will Hunting: A Screenplay
New York, New York, U.S.A. Miramax Books / Hyperion 1997 0786883448 / 9780786883448 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Illustrated with photos. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 168 pages. Synopsis: There's no denying that a large part of this hit film's appeal is from the brilliant performances of Matt Damon as boy genius/street punk Will Hunting, and Robin Williams as the psychiatrist who manages to get through to him. But a good look at this intelligent screenplay, written by Damon and his co-star Ben Affleck, allows you to not miss a word of Will's razor-sharp monologues that have audiences across the country rolling in the aisles. Will Hunting is a tough, working-class kid from South Boston. He's also a closet genius, more intelligent than the students he cleans up after at MIT. Dr. Lambeau is the MIT mathematics professor who "discovers" the brilliant janitor's potential. To help Will clean up his act Lambeau enlists the help of Sean McGuire, an eccentric therapist and fellow Irish-American from Southie. Will has finally met his match.
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