University of Wisconsin Press, June 1992. First Thus. Paper Back. {9 & 1/2' x 9 & 1/2'} First paperback. Across textblock fore-edge toward spine base there is seemingly chewed slice about one eight inch wide at widest point fading almost to a point. This seems to be the defacement of..... More
William Morrow & Company, Inc., December 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. {9' x 11 & 1/2'} In jacket with mild curling to top textblock edge. Black paper covered boards with gold lettering upon spine. One-half inch closed tear / puncture of paper along side spine on far left edge of front..... More
HarperOne, April 2023. Paper Back. OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - A HARPERS BAZAAR BEST BOOK OF 2022 - A PARADE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - A MARIE CLAIRE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK "It's clear from the first page that Davis is going to serve a more intimate, unpolished account than is typical..... More
Prentice Hall, August 1994. Oversize Softcover. From the first feature-length comedy, Tillie's Punctured Romance, in 1914 to contemporary classics like Annie Hall, this lively, fact-filled volume contains more than 300 entries, organized in an A-Z format, covering the actors, writers, directors, film styles and terms that make comedy such an..... More
Penguin, 1974. Trade Paperback. Trade paperback. Darkened spine. Foxing. Previous owners' names, a date and a location in three colors of ink upper right corner of first inside page. [388 pages + four pages of Penguin advertisements]. More
Citadel, July 2023. Hardcover. Since 1973, The Exorcist and its progeny have scared and inspired half a century of filmgoers. Now, on the 50th anniversary of the original movie release, this is the definitive, fascinating story of the scariest movie ever made and its lasting impact as one of the..... More
Perigee Trade, October 2010. Oversize Softcover. As swingin' as the 1960s-an officially licensed tie-in to the wildly popular hit television series "Mad Men" By turns fun, sophisticated, and celebratory, this is an eye-popping and inventive companion to the hit show "Mad Men," as well as a salute to the era..... More
Delacorte Press, November 1999. Hardcover. In the last original era of American comedy, the 1970s, a handful of young comedians looked away from the last vestiges of vaudeville to create a new form of the art. Working situations instead of bits, characters instead of jokes, these young funnymen would draw..... More
St. Martin's Griffin, December 2001. Paper Back. In the pre-Code Hollywood era, between 1929 and 1934, women in American cinema took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands, enjoyed their sexuality, led unapologetic careers, and, in general, acted the way many think women only acted after..... More
Mercury House, March 1990. Hardcover. An account of The Mahabharata, a legendary Sanskrit epic magically retold in a film directed by Peter Brook. Tape repaired jacket. Tiny scrapes on front endpapers. More
Benbella Books, November 2017. Trade Paperback. Jenna Fischer's Hollywood journey began at the age of 22 when she moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of St. Louis. With a theater degree in hand, she was determined, she was confident, she was ready to work hard. So, what could go..... More
Ecco, April 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. A New York Times bestseller A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly Shannon At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with..... More
Rugged Land, September, 2005. First Edition. Metal Cover. Despite the infamous reputation of the enigmatic Stanley Kubrick, Matthew Modine couldn't refuse his offer. Faced with the prospects of a career-defining role and mentorship by a cinematic great, the 24-year-old Hollywood actor arrived in London armed with a large-format Roliflex camera-inspired..... More
William Morrow & Company, April 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. A New York Times bestseller! Celebrated actor, personality, and all-around nerd, Wil Wheaton updates his memoir of collected blog posts with all new material and annotations as he reexamines one of the most interesting lives in Hollywood and fandom--and now for..... More
Grand Central Publishing, September 2018. Hardcover. In this intimate, haunting literary memoir and New York Times Notable Book of the year, an American icon tells her own story for the first time -- about a challenging and lonely childhood, the craft that helped her find her voice, and a powerful..... More
Artisan Publishers, April 2004. Oversize Softcover. In the pre-Internet, pre-VCR--oh, go ahead, call them prehistoric--days of baby boomers' grade school, the high art of audiovisual classroom programming was the filmstrip. If you're old enough, you remember the darkened room, the hum of the projector, and the beeep that signaled the..... More
Backstage Books, June 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Between 1949 and 1964, Kim Stanley created starring roles in 12 broadway productions. Then after 15 years, of stardom, Stanley walked away from the theatre, never to return. 'Female Brando' traces Kim Stanley's childhood, her early training, her stardom - and her tragic..... More
Verso, November 2000. Oversize Softcover. Pedro Almodovar ... winner of a BAFTA for Best Director, 2000 All About My Mother ... Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film, 2000 The huge international success of his latest feature, All About My Mother, has finally granted Pedro Almodovar the recognition he deserves, as..... More
Ungar, January 1983. Trade Paperback. More
Harper Perennial, December 1992. Trade Paperback. The critically acclaimed biography of the legendary film director who guided some of Hollywood's most temperamental leading ladies to immortal performances. 'That rarity of rarities among Hollywood biographies: a full-bodied study of a man and his metier, equally insightful about the life and the..... More
Miramax Books, October 2002. Trade Paperback. Suspense, excess, danger, and exuberant fun come together in Chuck Barris's unlikely autobiography- the tale of a wildly amboyant '70s television producer nationally known as the host of The Gong Show. What most people don't know is that Barris also spent close to two..... More
Taschen, August 2016. Hardcover. At the intersection of the visual, graphic, and cinematic arts, film posters are a unique and thrilling record of a particular cultural Zeitgeist. This book brings together 250 posters from the pre-Stalin Soviet Union of the 1920s and 1930s to explore the energy and invention of..... More
Creation Books, November 2002. Paper Back. An edited collection of writings from the first 19 volumes of the bestselling Creation Cinema Collection, which documents the world of cult, exploitation, and underground cinema by genre, and arguably forms the best library of alternative film studies in the world. Forming a crucial..... More
The Tears Corporation/Creation, October 1995. Trade Paperback. Film/Poetry. Opening with an essay on Robert Frank's Pull My Daisy ("The first truly Beat film" -- Jonas Mekas) and related interviews with Alfred Leslie and Frank, Jack Sargeant's encyclopedic survey of "Beat cinema" interlaces essays on seminal films and their milieux with..... More
