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Black Film (2026)
A History of Black Representation and Participation in the Movies
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Subject: Countries > United States
Captain Pike in the C-Suite (2026)
Humble Leadership in Star Trek
by Jason A. Kaufman and Aaron M. Peterson
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: One Film > Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Batman and the Classics (2026)
Echoes of Mythology, Literature and Philosophy in the Comics and Films
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: One Film > Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four First Steps - Family Portraits (2026)
Photos From The Set
by Jess Harrold
Publisher: Marvel Universe
Subject: One Film > The Fantastic Four: First Steps
The US-Mexico Borderlands in Contemporary Horror (2026)
Crossing the Boundary
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Cinematic Immunity (2026)
An Oral History of New York Filmmaking As Told by the Crews that Got the Shot
Publisher: Feral House
Bruce Lee (2026)
The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon
Dir. John Little
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Archival Anxiety in Documentary and Mockumentary Horror (2026)
Publisher: Anthem Press
Subject: Genre > Documentary
Aspects of American Film History Prior to 1920 (1978)
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
A collector's guide to movie memorabilia, with prices (1983)
Publisher: Wallace-Homestead
Subject: General
The Picture Dancing on a Screen (1988)
Poetry of the Cinema
Dir. Anthony Slide
Publisher: Vestal Press
Subject: General
The American Film Industry (1986)
A Historical Dictionary
Publisher: Greenwood
Subject: Countries > United States
Before Video (1992)
A History of the Non-Theatrical Film
Publisher: Praeger
Subject: Countries > United States
Selected Film Criticism (1995)
Foreign Films 1930-1950
Dir. Anthony Slide
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: On Films > Film selections
Before, In and After Hollywood (1997)
by Joseph Henabery and Anthony Slide
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Director > Joseph Henabery
Actors on Red Alert (1999)
Career interviews with five actors and actresses affected by the blacklist
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Countries > United States
Robert Goldstein and "The Spirit of '76" (1993)
Dir. Anthony Slide
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
Silent Topics (2004)
Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
The Idols of Silence (1977)
Stars of the Cinema Before the Talkies
Dir. Anthony Slide
Publisher: A. S. Barnes
Subject: Silent Cinema
Silent Portraits (1997)
Stars of the Silent Screen in Historic Photographs
Dir. Anthony Slide
Publisher: Vestal Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
Early women directors (1977)
Their Role in the Development of the Silent Cinema
Publisher: A. S. Barnes
Subject: Silent Cinema
The Truth at Twenty-Four Frames per Second (2021)
An Anthology of Writings on Film History
Dir. Anthony Slide
Publisher: BearManor Media
Subject: History of Cinema
Fifty Classic British Films, 1932-1982 (1985)
A Pictorial Record
Publisher: Dover Publications
Subject: Countries > Great Britain
A Journey Through Film History (2025)
Anthony Slide in Conversation with Matthew Renoir
by Anthony Slide and Matthew Renoir
Publisher: BearManor Media
Subject: History of Cinema
Lois Weber (2012)
The Director Who Lost Her Way in History
Publisher: Independant
Subject: Director > Lois Weber
Frank Lloyd (2015)
Master of Screen Melodrama
Publisher: BearManor Media
Subject: Director > Frank Lloyd
Zanuck (1984)
The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Last Tycoon
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Subject: Others persons > Darryl F. Zanuck
Whatever Happened to Robert Aldrich? (2004)
His Life and His Films
by Alain Silver and James Ursini
Publisher: Limelight
Subject: Director > Robert Aldrich
David Lean and His Films (1991)
by Alain Silver and James Ursini
Publisher: Silman-James Press
Subject: Director > David Lean
Robert Wise on His Films (2006)
From Editing Room to Director's Chair
Publisher: Silman-James Press
Subject: Director > Robert Wise
Henry King Director (1996)
From Silents to Scope
Dir. Frank Thompson
Publisher: Directors Guild of America
Subject: Director > Henry King
The End Of Cinema As We Know It (2001)
American Film in the Nineties
Dir. Jon Lewis
Publisher: New York University (NYU) Press
Subject: General
Queen Kelly (2002)
The Complete Screenplay by Erich von Stroheim
Dir. Bret Wood
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: One Film > Queen Kelly
The Complete Greed of Erich Von Stroheim (1972)
a reconstruction of the film in 348 still photos following he original screenplay plus 52 production stills.
Dir. Herman G. Weinberg
Publisher: Arno Press
Hollywood Scapegoat (1950)
The Biography of Erich von Stroheim
by Peter Noble
Publisher: Fortune Press
Subject: Director > Erich von Stroheim
Stroheim (1975)
A pictorial record of his nine films
Publisher: Dover Publications
Subject: Director > Erich von Stroheim
The Complete Wedding March of Erich von Stroheim (1974)
Dir. Herman G. Weinberg
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Subject: One Film > The Wedding March
The Films Of G.W. Pabst (1990)
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: Director > Georg Wilhelm Pabst
André Bazin on Documentary (2026)
Cinema's Urge to Explore
Dir. André Bazin
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Genre > Documentary
Filming Robert Flaherty's Louisiana Story (1998)
The Helen Van Dongen Diary
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Subject: One Film > Louisiana Story
Robert Flaherty (1978)
A guide to references and resources
Publisher: G.K. Hall
Subject: Director > Robert Flaherty
The Odyssey of a Film-maker (2021)
Robert Flaherty's Story
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Subject: Director > Robert Flaherty
Robert J. Flaherty (1984)
A Biography
Dir. Paul Rotha and Jay Ruby
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Subject: Director > Robert Flaherty
Faces in the Mirror (2010)
Oscar Micheaux & Spike Lee
by John Howard
Publisher: Fireside Books
Subject: Director > Oscar Micheaux, Spike Lee
Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema (2002)
From Micheaux to Morrison
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Subject: Countries > United States
Black Novelist as White Racist (1989)
The Myth of Black Inferiority in the Novels of Oscar Micheaux
Publisher: Praeger
Subject: Director > Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux, A Biography (1999)
Dakota Homesteader, Author, Pioneer Film Maker
Publisher: Dakota West Books
Subject: Director > Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux and His Circle (2016)
African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era
Dir. Pearl Bowser, Jane Gaines and Charles Musser
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Subject: Director > Oscar Micheaux
With a Crooked Stick - The Films of Oscar Micheaux (2004)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Subject: Director > Oscar Micheaux
Thinking Media Aesthetics (2013)
Media Studies, Film Studies and the Arts
Dir. Liv Hausken
Publisher: Peter Lang
Subject: General
Cinephilia (2005)
Movies, Love and Memory
Dir. Marijke de Valck and Malte Hagener
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
Films of Tod Browning (2006)
Dir. Bernd Herzogenrath
Publisher: Black Dog Press
Subject: Director > Tod Browning
Cultural Sutures (2004)
Medicine and Media
Dir. Lester D. Friedman
Publisher: Duke University Press
Subject: Sociology
From the Arthouse to the Grindhouse (2010)
Highbrow and Lowbrow Transgression in Cinema's First Century
Dir. John Cline and Robert G. Weiner
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
The Complete Films of Cecil B. DeMille (1969)
by Gene Ringgold and DeWitt Bodeen
Publisher: Citadel Press
Subject: Director > Cecil B. DeMille
Silent Film Stars on the Stages of Seattle (2009)
A History of Performances by Hollywood Notables
by Eric L. Flom
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: History of Cinema
Fun With Fritz (1986)
Adventures in Early Redlands, Big Bear & Hollywood With John H. Fritz Fisher
Dir. William G. Moore
Publisher: Moore Historical Foundation
Subject: Director > Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille, Classical Hollywood, and Modern American Mass Culture (2018)
1910–1960
by David Blanke
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Director > Cecil B. DeMille
The DeMilles (1988)
An American FAmily
by Anne Edwards
Publisher: Abrams
Subject: Director > Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. De Mille (1985)
A Guide to References and Resources
Publisher: G.K. Hall
Subject: Director > Cecil B. DeMille
DeMille (1970)
The Man and His Pictures
by Gabe Essoe and Raymond Lee
Publisher: Castle Books
Subject: Director > Cecil B. DeMille
The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille (1959)
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Subject: Director > Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille (1973)
A Biography Of The Most Successful Film Maker Of Them All
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Subject: Director > Cecil B. DeMille
Silver Lake Chronicles (2014)
Exploring an Urban Oasis in Los Angeles
by Michael Locke and Vincent Brook
Publisher: History Press Library
Silent Film Comedy and American Culture (2013)
by Alan Bilton
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Silent Cinema
Early Charlie Chaplin (2011)
The Artist as Apprentice at Keystone Studios
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Director > Charlie Chaplin
Mabel and Me (2014)
a Novel About the Movies
by Jon Boorstin
Publisher: Angel City Press
Subject: Others persons > Mack Sennett
King of Comedy (2000)
The Lively Arts
by Mack Sennett and Cameron Shipp
Publisher: iUniverse
Subject: Others persons > Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett's Keystone (1971)
The man, the myth and the comedies
Publisher: A. S. Barnes
Subject: Others persons > Mack Sennett
The Films of Mack Sennett (1998)
Credit Documentation from the Mack Sennett Collection at the Margaret Herrick Library
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Others persons > Mack Sennett
Victor Sjostrom (1988)
His Life and His Work
Publisher: New York Zoetrope
Subject: Director > Victor Sjöström
Reach for the Top (2003)
The Turbulent Life of Laurence Harvey
by Anne Sinai
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Actor > Laurence Harvey
Perpetually Cool (2003)
The Many Lives of Anna May Wong (1905-1961)
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Actress > Anna May Wong
Jackie Coogan, The World's Boy King (2003)
A Biography of Hollywood's Legendary Child Star
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Actor > Jackie Coogan
Ready When You Are, Mr. Coppola, Mr. Spielberg, Mr. Crowe (1999)
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Director > Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg
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