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added to the database
The George Raft file (1973)
the unauthorized biography,
Publisher: Drake Publishers
Subject: Actor > George Raft
The Emmy Awards (1970)
A pictorial history
by Paul Michael and James Robert Parish
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Subject: Festivals
Jim Henson (2006)
Puppeteer And Filmmaker
Publisher: Ferguson Publishing
Subject: Director > Jim Henson
Whoopi Goldberg (1997)
Her Journey from Poverty to Megastardom
Publisher: Birch Lane Press
Subject: Actress > Whoopi Goldberg
Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films (1994)
Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 264 Theatrical and Made-For-Television Releases
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Great Child Stars (1976)
An Incisive, Illustrated Look at 24 Child Stars Who Charmed Their Way into Our Hears and Enchanted Us for All Time
Publisher: Ace Books
Subject: Actor
Gays and Lesbians in Mainstream Cinema (1993)
Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 272 Theatrical and Made-For-Television Hollywood Releases
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: On Films > Film selections
Gus Van Sant (2001)
An Unauthorized Biography
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Subject: Director > Gus Van Sant
Halle Berry (2013)
A Biography of an Oscar-Winning Actress
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Subject: Actress > Halle Berry
Jason Biggs (2000)
Hollywod's Newest Cutie-Pie!
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Subject: Actor > Jason Biggs
Prostitution in Hollywood Films (1992)
Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 389 Theatrical and Made-For-Television Releases
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: On Films > Film selections
Pirates and Seafaring Swashbucklers on the Hollywood Screen (1995)
Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 137 Theatrical and Made-For-Television Releases
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Historical films
Duke (2001)
The Life and Legend of John Wayne
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Subject: Actor > John Wayne
William S. Hart (2003)
Projecting the American West
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Subject: Actor > William S. Hart
Hollywood Beauty (1991)
Linda Darnell and the American Dream
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Subject: Actress > Linda Darnell
The Hollywood Beauties (1980)
Publisher: Arlington House
Subject: Actress > Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Kay Francis, Ava Gardner, Jean Harlow, Dolores del Rio, Lana Turner
Prison Pictures from Hollywood (1991)
Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 293 Theatrical and Made-For-Television Releases
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Denzel Washington (1996)
His Films and Career
Publisher: Birch Lane Press
Subject: Actor > Denzel Washington
The Great Cop Pictures (1990)
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
The Great Combat Pictures (1990)
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Film Actors Guide (1977)
Western Europe
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: On Films > Guides and dictionaries
The Great Movie Series (1971)
Publisher: A. S. Barnes
Harlequin's Stick, Charlie's Cane (1975)
A Comparative Study of Commedia Dell'arte and Silent Slapstick Comedy
by David Madden
Publisher: Bowling Green University Popular Press
Subject: Director > Charlie Chaplin
Bottoms Up (2024)
An Application of the Slapstick to Satire
Publisher: Lettel Books
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Slapstick Modernism (2016)
Chaplin to Kerouac to Iggy Pop
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
The Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood (2002)
Publisher: Facts on File
The Hollywood Book of Love (2003)
From True Romance and Blushing Brides to Tawdry Trysts and Femme Fatales
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Hollywood Players, the Thirties (1976)
by James Robert Parish and William T. Leonard
Publisher: Arlington House
Subject: On Films > Per period
Katharine Hepburn (2005)
The Untold Story
Publisher: Alyson Publications
Subject: Actress > Katharine Hepburn
The Fox Girls (1972)
Starring 15 Beautiful Vixens and One Adorable Cub
Publisher: Arlington House
Subject: Studio > 20th Century Fox
The Cinema of Edward G. Robinson (1972)
by James Robert Parish and Alvin H. Marill
Publisher: A. S. Barnes
Subject: Actor > Edward G. Robinson
Hollywood baby boomers (1992)
Publisher: Garland Publishing
Subject: On Films > Guides and dictionaries
Vincent Price Unmasked (1974)
by James Robert Parish and Steven Whitney
Publisher: Drake Publishers
Subject: Actor > Vincent Price
The Hollywood Book of Scandals (2004)
The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of Over 100 American Movie and TV Idols
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
The Hollywood Book of Extravagance (2007)
The Totally Infamous, Mostly Disastrous, and Always Compelling Excesses of America's Film and TV Idols
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
It's Good to Be the King (2008)
The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks
Publisher: Trade Paper Press
Subject: Director > Mel Brooks
The Hollywood Book of Breakups (2006)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Slapstick and Comic Performance (2014)
Comedy and Pain
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Slapstick (2021)
An Interdisciplinary Companion
Dir. Ervin Malakaj and Alena E. Lyons
Publisher: De Gruyter
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
The image to come (2007)
how cinema inspires photographers
Dir. Diane Dufour and Serge Toubiana
Publisher: La Cinémathèque française
Subject: Technique > Aesthetics
Henri Langlois (1995)
First Citizen of Cinema
by Glenn Myrent
Publisher: Twayne Pub
Subject: Others persons > Henri Langlois
Pump 'em Full of Lead! (1998)
A Look at Gangsters on Film
Publisher: Twayne Pub
Subject: Genre > Gangster films
Federico Fellini (1984)
Variety Lights to La Dolce Vita
by Frank Burke
Publisher: Twayne Pub
Subject: Director > Federico Fellini
Leni Riefenstahl (2002)
The Seduction of Genius
Publisher: Continuum
Subject: Director > Leni Riefenstahl
Leni (2007)
The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
by Steven Bach
Publisher: Knopf
Subject: Director > Leni Riefenstahl
The Golden Age of French Cinema, 1929-1939 (1983)
Publisher: Twayne Pub
Steven Spielberg (1986)
by Donald R. Mott and Cheryl McAllister Saunders
Publisher: Twayne Pub
Subject: Director > Steven Spielberg
Alan Rudolph (1996)
Romance and a Crazed World
by Richard Ness
Publisher: Twayne Pub
Subject: Director > Alan Rudolph
Clay Animation (1994)
American Highlights 1908 to the Present
Dir. Michael Frierson and Frank Beaver
Publisher: Twayne Pub