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
Oxford University Press, USA, October 2013. Trade Paperback. Unique and often startling encounters between music and the moving image in the films of Stanley Kubrick are trademarks of his style; witness the powerful effects of Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra in 2001: A Space Odyssey and of Beethoven's 9th Symphony in..... More
William Morrow & Company, October 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. On the Edge is a major biography of one of the most colorful, controversial, and influential Hollywood figures of our time: Francis (don't call me Ford!) Coppola. 16 pages of black-and-white photos. Light shelf wear and some minor creasing on the..... More
Random House UK, February 2000. First Edition. Cloth. Still Memories is an intimate look at the family of actor John Mills, his wife, Mary Hayley Bell and his three children, Juliet, Hayley and Jonathan. It is also a testament to his prodigious talent as a photographic artist. "From the Trade..... More
Doubleday, January 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. {9 & 1/2' x 6'} In well worn DJ with edgewear. Moderate dust staining, creases and darkening over much of jacket front. Verso likewise tanned/foxed. Much faded tape residue to jacket top & bottom edge, front and back. Corresponding (much more visible)..... 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
St Martins, January 1983. Hardcover. Octavo. In edgeworn dustjacket with foxing & tanning to verso. Quarter bound: black cloth covered spine with silver lettering & pale blue paper covered boards with faded edges and dust stains. Tanning of end pages. [296 pp.]. More
Oxford University Press, USA, May 2019. Hardcover. She said, I became a singer because I couldn't get work as an actress, but Barbra Streisand not only became both but revolutionized the two professions. Her music transformed the smooth, uninflected style of the Frank Sinatras and Ella Fitzgeralds into an engine..... More
McGraw-Hill, February 1984. Cloth. Octavo in dustjacket with darkening at margins. Marginal tanning of DJ verso. Teal cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Tanning of end pages. Foxing/dust stains textblock edges. [228 pp.]. More
Gardners Books, August 2005. Hardcover. The must-have 90s movie book (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Hey, did you realize you were making history when you went to see The Blair Witch Project, one of the most profitable movies ever made? Do you know what it took to recreate the sinking..... More
Easton Press, January 2001. Leather. Black leather with gold lettering & decorations with full color photographic plate affixed to front. Gilt textblock edges. Moire end pages. Silk ribbon marker. Overall very good+/fine. More
Taschen America Llc, November 2005. Hardcover. Corners of jacket are shelfworn, with some creasing at head of spine. Otherwise, very good condition. More
Rutgers University Press, April 2014. Trade Paperback. Received the Distinction Honor for the 2016 C. Calvin Smith Book Award from the Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc. In Hollywood, we hear, it's all about the money. It's a ready explanation for why so few black films get made--no crossover..... More
Knopf, October 2022. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest movie star of the past 75 years covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his thoughts on Marlon Brando, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, John Huston, his greatest..... More
University of Texas Press, December 2002. Trade Paperback. Astaire and Rogers, Tracy and Hepburn. Just the mention of their names evokes the powerful chemistry between these screen couples, which utterly transcended the often formulaic films in which they appeared together. Indeed, watching the synergistic flow of energy between charismatic screen..... More
Critical Vision, July 2003. Trade Paperback. Hopping vampires, seductive spirits and giant predatory tongues! Tsui Hark's "A Chinese Ghost Story "in 1987 gave many Western viewers their first taste of supernatural thrills, Oriental style. Yet the film was a comparatively late entry in a well-established genre. From Sammo Hung's "Spooky..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, May 1995. First Edition. Paper Back. The invention of moving pictures is almost certainly the most powerful shaper of the unique consciousness of the modern age. For almost a century now we have all been at the movies, and our brains are overcrowded with the..... More
Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers, April 2003. Hardcover. (Applause Books). The late Sir Alec Guinness, one of the great British actors of the 20th Century along with his fellow knights Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson, was known for his ability to slip, chameleon-like, into his roles. His..... More
Vintage, November 1987. Trade Paperback. 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
Flatiron Books, June 2023. Hardcover. "The emergence of our true selves is all of our life's work. Pageboy helps chart the course." --Jamie Lee Curtis "Searing, deeply moving, and incredibly poignant... This isn't simply a book on what it means to be trans, it's about what it means to be..... More
Methuen, 1983. Paper Back. Top book edge marked with pink. More
Cambridge University Press, January 2008. Paper Back. The Films of Joseph Losey examines the career of the expatriate director through a close analysis of five of his most important and challenging films. When his leftist politics made him a target of the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1951, the..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, February 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. The critically acclaimed biographer of Louise Brooks draws on hitherto unavailable material, including Garbo's notebooks, letters, and an astonishing set of 100 tape-recorded conversations, plus interviews with Garbo's surviving friends and family, to create a superb and compelling portrait of the unforgettable..... More
Arlington House, January 1978. Oversized Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards, small section of spine-top chipped away; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket moderately worn at edges w/ chipping and open tears present; Jacket now housed in protective mylar to ensure futher preservation. More
