• Biographies (6) • Encyclopedias (20) • Dictionaries (21) • Essays (7) • Studies (31) • Interviews (9) • Stories (32) • Photos (3) • Didactic (2) • Filmmakers' writings (1)
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Razzle Dazzle 'Em (2025)
New Yorker Profiles of Show-Biz Legends
by John Lahr
Publisher: Lund Humphries
Subject: Actor
Gunmen and Gangsters (2001)
Profiles of Nine Actors Who Portrayed Memorable Screen Tough Guys
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Gangster films
The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors (2022)
From the Silent Era to 1965
by Barry Monush
Publisher: Applause Books
Subject: On Films > Guides and dictionaries
Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television (2022)
by Bob McCann
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: On Films > Guides and dictionaries
Show People (2019)
A History of the Film Star
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Subject: On Films > Guides and dictionaries
Race in American Film (2017)
Voices and Visions That Shaped a Nation
Dir. Daniel Bernardi and Michael Green
Publisher: Greenwood
Subject: Countries > United States
Unsung Hollywood Musicals of the Golden Era (2016)
50 Overlooked Films and Their Stars, 1929–1939
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Eighty Silent Film Stars (2012)
Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Silent Cinema
Leading Couples (2008)
The most unforgettable screen romances of the studio era
Collective
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Silent Lives (2008)
100 Biographies of the Silent Film Era
by Lon Davis
Publisher: BearManor Media
Subject: Silent Cinema
Leading Men (2006)
The 50 Most Unforgettable Actors of the Studio Era
Collective
Publisher: Chronicle Books
B Western Actors Encyclopedia (1997)
Facts, Photos and Filmographies for More than 250 Familiar Faces
by Ted Holland
Publisher: McFarland & Co
The Stars of Hollywood Remembered (1997)
Career Biographies of 82 Actors and Actresses of the Golden Era, 1920s–1950s
by J.G. Ellrod
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: On Films > Guides and dictionaries
Hollywood Players, the Thirties (1976)
by James Robert Parish and William T. Leonard
Publisher: Arlington House
Subject: On Films > Per period
Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema (2020)
by Terri Ginsberg and Chris Lippard
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Subject: Countries > Middle East
Supporting Actors in Motion Pictures (2018)
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Co.
Subject: On Films > Guides and dictionaries
Broadway Actors in Films, 1894–2015 (2017)
by Roy Liebman
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: On Films > Guides and dictionaries
Serial Film Stars (2013)
A Biographical Dictionary, 1912-1956
by Buck Rainey
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Countries > United States
Character Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films, 1930–1960 (2012)
by Laurence Raw
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: On Films > Guides and dictionaries
Silent Film Performers (2012)
An Annotated Bibliography of Published, Unpublished and Archival Sources for More Than 350 Actors and Actresses
by Roy Liebman
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Silent Cinema
A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses (2009)
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Silent Cinema
Shooting Stars of the Small Screen (2009)
Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors 1946-present
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Subject: On Films > Guides and dictionaries
Journeys of Desire (2006)
Dir. Alastair Phillips and Ginette Vincendeau
Publisher: BFI Publishing
Subject: On Films > Guides and dictionaries
The Strong, Silent Type (2003)
Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903–1930
by Buck Rainey
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Silent Cinema
Hollywood Comedians, The Film Reader (2002)
Dir. Frank Krutnik
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Silent Players (2002)
A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Subject: Silent Cinema
Hollywood baby boomers (1992)
Publisher: Garland Publishing
Subject: On Films > Guides and dictionaries
Sweethearts of the Sage (1992)
Biographies and Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing in Western Movies
by Buck Rainey
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Film Actors Guide (1977)
Western Europe
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: On Films > Guides and dictionaries
The MGM Stock Company (1977)
The Golden Era
by James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
Publisher: Bonanza
Comebacks (2025)
The Return of the Aging Film Star
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Subject: Sociology
Cosmosexuals (2025)
Screen Acting, Stardom, and Male Sex Appeal
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Subject: Sociology
Lasting Screen Stars (2016)
Images that Fade and Personas that Endure
Dir. Lucy Bolton and Julie Lobalzo Wright
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Sociology
Golden Images (2000)
41 Essays on Silent Film Stars
by Eve Golden
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Silent Cinema
Back in the Saddle (1998)
Essays on Western Film and Television Actors
Dir. Gary A. Yoggy
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Egyptian Male Film Stars in the Nasser Era (2026)
Envisioning a National Identity
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Subject: Countries > Middle East
Acting and performance in Hitchcock (2026)
Dir. Adrian Garvey and Victoria Lowe
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Subject: Director > Alfred Hitchcock
George Cukor's People (2024)
Acting for a Master Director
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Director > George Cukor
Heroes of the New Hollywood (2024)
Hoffman, Hackman, Nicholson, Pacino, Duvall, and De Niro in the '70s
by Dan Lalande
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Countries > United States
Italian Contemporary Screen Performers (2024)
Training, Production, Prestige
by Luca Barra, Cristina Formenti, Mariapaola Pierini and Francesco Pitassio
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Acting Across Borders (2022)
Mobility and Identity in Italian Cinema
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Below the Stars (2021)
How the Labor of Working Actors and Extras Shapes Media Production
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Subject: Jobs and Trainings
Left or Right? (2021)
Directing Lateral Movement in Film
Publisher: Vernon Press
Subject: Technique > Cinematography
The Camera Lies (2020)
Acting for Hitchcock
by Dan Callahan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: Director > Alfred Hitchcock
Stars and Silhouettes (2020)
The History of the Cameo Role in Hollywood
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Karloff and Lugosi (2017)
The Story of a Haunting Collaboration, with a Complete Filmography of Their Films Together
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff
Reel Inequality (2016)
Hollywood Actors and Racism
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: Countries > United States
Movie Comedians of the 1950s (2016)
Defining a New Era of Big Screen Comedy
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Twilight of the Idols (2011)
Hollywood and the Human Sciences in 1920s America
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Sociology
Hollywood Goes Oriental (2010)
Caucasian Performance in American Film
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Subject: Countries > United States
Forties Film Funnymen (2010)
The Decade's Great Comedians at Work in the Shadow of War
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
From Silents to Sound (2009)
A Biographical Encyclopedia of Performers Who Made the Transition to Talking Pictures
by Roy Liebman
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Silent Cinema
Film Clowns of the Depression (2007)
Twelve Defining Comic Performances
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Movie Acting, The Film Reader (2004)
Publisher: Routledge
Legitimate Cinema (2003)
Theatre Stars in Silent British Films, 1908-1918
by Jon Burrows
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Subject: Countries > Great Britain
Dangerous Men (2002)
Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man
by Mick LaSalle
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Acting in the Cinema (1990)
Publisher: University of California Press
Masters of the Shoot-'Em-Up (2015)
Conversations with Directors, Actors and Writers of Vintage Action Movies and Television Shows
by Tadhg Taylor
Publisher: McFarland & Co
They Fought in the Creature Features (2014)
Interviews With 23 Classic Horror, Science Fiction and Serial Stars
by Tom Weaver
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Raised by the Stars (2011)
Interviews with 29 Children of Hollywood Actors
by Nick Thomas
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor
The Westerners (2009)
Interviews with Actors, Directors, Writers and Producers
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Tales from the Cult Film Trenches (2007)
Interviews with 36 Actors from Horror, Science Fiction and Exploitation Cinema
by Louis Paul
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor
Who the Hell's in It? (2005)
Conversations With Legendary Film Stars
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Subject: Actor
Silent Stars Speak (2001)
Interviews with Twelve Cinema Pioneers
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor
Playing to the Camera (1999)
Film Actors Discuss Their Craft
by Bert Cardullo, Harry Geduld, Ronald Gottesman and Leigh Woods
Publisher: Yale University Press
Hollywood Boozers, Brawlers and Hard-Luck Cases (2025)
Fifteen Ill-Fated Actors of the Golden Age
by Laura Wagner
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Fighting Stars (2024)
Stardom and Reception in Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema
Dir. Kyle Barrowman, Mark Gallagher and Yiman Wang
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Genre > Martial Arts
Stars of Walt Disney Productions (2022)
by Mark Arnold
Publisher: BearManor Media
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Stellar Transformations (2022)
Movie Stars of the 2010s
Dir. Steven Rybin
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: On Films > Per period
World War II Veterans in Hollywood (2020)
by Art Evans
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: History of Cinema
Hollywood's Hard-Luck Ladies (2020)
23 Actresses Who Suffered Early Deaths, Accidents, Missteps, Illnesses and Tragedies
by Laura Wagner
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Bond vs. Bond (2020)
Revised and Updated: The Many Faces of 007
by Paul Simpson
Publisher: Race Point Publishing
Subject: One Film > James Bond
Film Stars' Television Projects (2017)
Pilots and Series of 50+ Movie Greats, 1948–1985
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Oscar's Favorite Actors (2017)
The Winningest Stars (and More Who Should Be)
by Roger Leslie
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Festivals
Welcome to Our Nightmares (2014)
Behind the Scene with Today's Horror Actors
by Jason Norman
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Latino Image Makers in Hollywood (2014)
Performers, Filmmakers and Films Since the 1960s
by Frank Javier Garcia Berumen
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Extras of Early Hollywood (2013)
A History of the Crowd, 1913–1945
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Jobs and Trainings
Hollywood Unknowns (2012)
A History of Extras, Bit Players, and Stand-Ins
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Pretty People (2012)
Movie Stars of the 1990s
Dir. Anna Everett
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: On Films > Per period
New Constellations (2012)
Movie Stars of the 1960s
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: On Films > Per period
Shining in Shadows (2011)
Movie Stars of the 2000s
Dir. Murray Pomerance
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: On Films > Per period
Flickers of Desire (2011)
Movie Stars of the 1910s
Dir. Jennifer M. Bean
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
Glamour in a Golden Age (2011)
Movie Stars of the 1930s
Dir. Adrienne L. McLean
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: On Films > Per period
What Dreams Were Made Of (2011)
Movie Stars of the 1940s
Dir. Sean Griffin
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: On Films > Per period
From Broadway to the Bowery (2010)
A History and Filmography of the Dead End Kids, Little Tough Guys, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys Films, with Cast Biographies
by Leonard Getz
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Larger Than Life (2010)
Movie Stars of the 1950s
Dir. R. Barton Palmer
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: On Films > Per period
Acting for America (2010)
Movie Stars of the 1980s
Dir. Robert Eberwein
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: On Films > Per period
Hollywood Reborn (2010)
Movie Stars of the 1970s
Dir. James Morrison
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: On Films > Per period
Idols of Modernity (2010)
Movie Stars of the 1920s
Dir. Patrice Petro
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
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
Film Actors Organize (2009)
Union Formation Efforts in America, 1912–1937
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Jobs and Trainings
Actors Organize (2007)
A History of Union Formation Efforts in America, 1880–1919
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Jobs and Trainings
Casting Might-Have-Beens (2005)
A Film by Film Directory of Actors Considered for Roles Given to Others
by Eila Mell
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor
The Magic Behind the Voices (2004)
A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors
by Tim Lawson and Alisa Persons
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Stars and Stardom in French Cinema (2000)
Publisher: Continuum
Newhall's Walk of Western Stars (2021)
by Bill West, E. J. Stephens and Kim Stephens
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Silent Portraits (1997)
Stars of the Silent Screen in Historic Photographs
Dir. Anthony Slide
Publisher: Vestal 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
Performing for Motion Capture (2022)
A Guide for Practitioners
by John Dower and Pascal Langdale
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Subject: Technique > Special effects
An Actor Succeeds (2014)
Tips, Secrets & Advice on Auditioning, Connection, Coping & Thriving In & Out of Hollywood
Publisher: Applause Books
Subject: Jobs and Trainings
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