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The Complete Films of Frank Capra (1992)
by Victor Scherle and William Turner-Levy
Publisher: Citadel Press
Subject: Director > Frank Capra
Home is Where the Heart Is (1987)
Studies in Melodrama and the Woman's Film
Dir. Christine Gledhill
Publisher: BFI Publishing
Movie-Made America (1994)
A Cultural History of American Movies
by Robert Sklar
Publisher: Random House
Subject: Countries > United States
Hollywood, the Dream Factory (2023)
An Anthropologist Looks at the Movie-Makers
Publisher: Dead Authors Society
A Short History of the Movies (2011)
by Gerald Mast and Bruce Kawin
Publisher: Pearson
Subject: History of Cinema
Howard Hawks, Storyteller (1982)
by Gerald Mast
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: Director > Howard Hawks
The Comic Mind (2012)
Comedy and the Movies
by Gerald Mast
Publisher: Ward & Balkin Agency
Subject: Silent Cinema
Hollywood Directors 1941-1976 (1977)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: Countries > United States
Von (2004)
The Life & Films of Erich Von Stroheim
Publisher: Limelight
Subject: Director > Erich von Stroheim
The Astoria Studio and Its Fabulous Films (1983)
A Picture History with 227 Stills and Photographs
Publisher: Dover Publications
Subject: Silent Cinema
The Man You Loved To Hate (1983)
Erich Von Stroheim and Hollywood
Publisher: Oxford University Press
(previous edition)
Subject: Director > Erich von Stroheim
Hollywood Directors 1914-1940 (1976)
Dir. Richard Koszarski
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: Countries > United States
Film (1976)
The Democratic Art: A Social History of American Film
by Garth Jowett
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Subject: Countries > United States
Hollywood Cameramen (1970)
Sources of Light
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Subject: Technique > Cinematography
United Artists (1987)
The Company that Changed the Film Industry
by Tino Balio
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Subject: Studio > United Artists
American Film Music (1999)
Major Composers, Techniques, Trends, 1915-1990
by William Darby and Jack Du Bois
Publisher: McFarland & Co
The MGM Years (1971)
The Golden Age of Movie Musicals
by Lawrence B. Thomas and Jesse Kaye
Publisher: Columbia House
The MGM Stock Company (1977)
The Golden Era
by James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
Publisher: Bonanza
Edith Head (2010)
The Fifty-Year Career of Hollywood's Greatest Costume Designer
Publisher: Running Press
Subject: Others persons > Edith Head
Cities of Words (2004)
Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life
Publisher: Belknap Press
Subject: Theory
Charles Chaplin's The Freak (2025)
The Story of an Unfinished Film
by David Robinson and Cecilia Cenciarelli
Publisher: Sticking Place Books
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2025)
Contemplation and Resistance
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Subject: Director > Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Hurricane Billy (2026)
The Stormy Life and Films of William Friedkin
by Nat Segaloff
Publisher: BearManor Media
Subject: Director > William Friedkin
The Working Director (2005)
How to Arrive, Survive and Thrive in the Director's Chair
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
Final Cuts (2013)
The Last Films of 50 Great Directors
by Nat Segaloff
Publisher: BearManor Media
Subject: On Films > Film selections
Directors Close Up (2005)
Interviews with Directors Nominated for Best Film by the Directors Guild of America
Dir. Jeremy Kagan
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Director
Directors Close Up 2 (2012)
Interviews with Directors Nominated for Best Film by the Directors Guild of America: 2006 - 2012
Dir. Jeremy Kagan
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Director
Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Visual Art (2014)
Dir. Ian Buchanan and Lorna Collins
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Theory
Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde (2014)
by Jennie Garth and Emily Heckman
Publisher: New American Library (NAL)
Subject: Actress > Jennie Garth
Polish Cinema in a Transnational Context (2014)
Dir. Ewa Mazierska and Michael Goddard
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Hollywood From Below the Line (2014)
A Prop Master's Perspective
Publisher: Robert Reed Publishers
Subject: Jobs and Trainings
Anime Explosion! (2014)
The What? Why? and Wow! of Japanese Animation, Revised and Updated Edition
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
The Money Shot (2014)
A Comedy by Neil LaBute
by Neil LaBute
Publisher: Overlook
Subject: Director > Neil LaBute
Veronica (2020)
The Autobiography of Veronica Lake
Publisher: Dean Street Press
Subject: Actress > Veronica Lake
My Path and My Detours (1985)
An Autobiography
by Jane Russell
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Subject: Actress > Jane Russell
Strongheart (2014)
The World's First Movie Star Dog
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Subject: Actor > Strongheart
Citizen Hollywood (2014)
How the Collaboration between LA and DC Revolutionized American Politics
Publisher: Thomas Dunne
Subject: General
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (2014)
A Queer Film Classic
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Subject: One Film > I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Welles, Kurosawa, Kozintsev, Zeffirelli (2015)
Great Shakespeareans: Volume XVII
Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare
Subject: Technique > Adaptation
Animal Stars (2014)
Behind the Scenes with Your Favorite Animal Actors
Publisher: New World Library
Subject: General
Morgan Freeman (2025)
The Definitive Biography of Hollywood's Voice of Wisdom and Resilience
Publisher: Independant
Subject: Actor > Morgan Freeman
Rock Hudson Biography (2023)
Behind the Camera Lens and Untold Stories
Publisher: Independant
Subject: Actor > Rock Hudson
Katharine Hepburn (2009)
A Life in Pictures by Pierre-Henri Verlhac
Dir. Pierre-Henri Verlhac
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Subject: Actress > Katharine Hepburn
Paul Newman (2006)
A Life in Pictures
Dir. Pierre-Henri Verlhac and Yann-Brice Dherbier
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Subject: Actor > Paul Newman
Clint Eastwood (2008)
A Life in Pictures
Dir. Pierre-Henri Verlhac
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Subject: Director > Clint Eastwood
The Ultimate Clint Eastwood Quiz Book (2025)
for those who have yet to know their limitations!
by Euan Alan Baird and Barry Robertson
Publisher: Planet Cool Books
Subject: Director > Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood (2025)
A Biography: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Publisher: Independant
Subject: Director > Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood (2026)
In His Own Words: Conversations with Jean-Paul Chaillet
Publisher: Gremese International
Subject: Director > Clint Eastwood
American Rebel (2009)
The Life of Clint Eastwood
by Marc Eliot
Publisher: Crown
Subject: Director > Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood (2024)
A Life on Both Sides of the Camera
Publisher: Independant
Subject: Director > Clint Eastwood
Altman (2014)
Dir. Kathryn Reed Altman and Giulia d'Agnolo Vallan
Publisher: Abrams Books
Subject: Director > Robert Altman
All the Tricks of the Trade (2015)
Everything You Need to Know about Comedy: A Practical Handbook and Complete Performance Guide for Actors, Writers, and Directors
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Film Firsts (2014)
The 25 Movies That Created Contemporary American Cinema
by Ethan Alter
Publisher: Praeger
Subject: On Films > Film selections
Joss Whedon (2014)
The Biography
by Amy Pascale
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Subject: Director > Joss Whedon
Joss Whedon, A Creative Portrait (2013)
From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Marvel's The Avengers
by David Lavery
Publisher: I.B.Tauris
Subject: Director > Joss Whedon
Steven Spielberg and Duel (2014)
The Making of a Film Career
by Steven Awalt
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
I Found It at the Movies (2014)
An Anthology of Film Poems
Dir. Ruth Roach Pierson
Publisher: Guernica
Subject: General
Desire Unlimited (2014)
The Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar
Publisher: Verso Books
Subject: Director > Pedro Almodóvar
70x70 (2014)
Unlicensed Preaching: A Life Unpacked in 70 Films
Publisher: Volcano Publishing
Subject: On Films > Film selections
Films of John Hughes (2014)
A History of Independent Screen Production in Australia
by John Cumming
Publisher: Atom
Subject: Director > John Hughes
The Showman and the Ukrainian Cause (2014)
Folk Dance, Film, and the Life of Vasile Avramenko
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Subject: Countries > Russia / USSR
Children in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock (2014)
by Debbie Olson
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Director > Alfred Hitchcock
Secrets of Breaking into the Film and TV Business (2014)
Tools and Tricks for Today's Directors, Writers, and Actors – A Maverick Producer's Guide to Indie Success
by Dean Silvers
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Subject: Jobs and Trainings
Between the Scenes (2014)
What Every Film Director, Writer, and Editor Should Know About Scene Transitions
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
Fetishism and Curiosity (2013)
Cinema and the Mind's Eye
by Laura Mulvey
Publisher: BFI Publishing
Subject: Sociology
A Mirror for England (2011)
British Movies from Austerity to Affluence
Publisher: BFI Publishing
Subject: Countries > Great Britain
Melodrama in Contemporary Film and Television (2014)
Dir. Michael Stewart
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
1939 (2014)
The Making of Six Great Films from Hollywood's Greatest Year
Publisher: Craven Street Books
Subject: On Films > Per period
How to Make Exciting Money-Making Movies (2014)
Your Film School In A Book!
Dir. John Russo and Gary Lee Vincent
Publisher: Burning Bulb Publishing
Subject: Technique > All techniques
Location Filming in the Alabama Hills (2014)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Subject: Countries > United States
Directorial Self-Fashioning in American Horror Cinema (2014)
George A. Romero, Wes Craven, Rob Zombie, Eli Roth, and the Masters of Horror
by Ben Kooyman
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
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