The American Film Institute Desk Reference

The American Film Institute Desk Reference
Author: Melinda Corey
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2002
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

An in-depth resource on the art of filmmaking looks at the history of film, along with information on actors, designers, directors, writers, cinematographers, sound effects, and editors.

The Hollywood Story

The Hollywood Story
Author: Joel Waldo Finler
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781903364666

This fully revised and updated edition of an award-winning classic traces the history of Hollywood from the silent era to the present day. The Hollywood Storycomprehensively covers every aspect of movie-making in America, taking in nickelodeans, drive-ins and multiplexes; the transition from silent to sound, black and white to color; the relationships of producers, directors, stars and technicians; and the function and output of the studios - their major hits and most expensive flops.

The American Western A Complete Film Guide

The American Western A Complete Film Guide
Author: Terry Rowan
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2012-11-18
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1300418583

A comprehensive film guide featuring films and television shows of the great American western. The stories of the men and women who tamed the old West. Also featuring actors and directors who made these films possible.

World War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide Volume I A-K

World War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide Volume I A-K
Author: Terry Rowan
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2012-01-17
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 110546489X

A Complete Film Guide to motion pictures and television shows that pertain to WWII. Facts and stories about Hollywood personal that served in the Armed Forces, War Bond drives, USO shows, Hollywood Canteen and those who were ruled 4 F during the war. Complete history of world cinema during the years of the war. As well as other interesting facts are also included in the first volume. Featurine shorts, cartoons, documentaries, and feature films. Don't forget to get the second volume L-Z.

A/V A to Z

A/V A to Z
Author: Richard W. Kroon
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 773
Release: 2010-03-30
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786457406

Defining more than 10,000 words and phrases from everyday slang to technical terms and concepts, this dictionary of the audiovisual language embraces more than 50 subject areas within film, television, and home entertainment. It includes terms from the complete lifecycle of an audiovisual work from initial concept through commercial presentation in all the major distribution channels including theatrical exhibition, television broadcast, home entertainment, and mobile media. The dictionary definitions are augmented by more than 700 illustrations, 1,600 etymologies, and nearly 2,000 encyclopedic entries that provide illuminating anecdotes, historical perspective, and clarifying details.

Motion Pictures From the Fabulous 1940's

Motion Pictures From the Fabulous 1940's
Author: Terry Rowan
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2016-01-06
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1329811410

In Europe the war was already old, but while feeding nickels into roadhouse jukeboxes, the Presidential conventions, where the biggest question would be whether That Man in the White House would shatter yet another precedent and run for a third term. To many Americans, there seemed little else worth worrying about. As with all time periods, the 1940s had a set of specific fads that were popular around the country. Read this book and find out about the films of this decade and more...

World War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide Volume II L-Z

World War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide Volume II L-Z
Author: Terry Rowan
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2012-01-17
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1105465438

A Complete Film Guide to motion pictures and television shows that pertain to WWII. Facts and stories about Hollywood personal that served in the Armed Forces, War Bond drives, USO shows,Hollywood Canteen and those who were ruled 4 F during the war. Complete history of world cinema during the years of the war. As well as other interesting facts are also included. Featuring shorts, cartoons, documentaries, and feature films in the second volume L-Z. Don't forget the first volume A-K edition.

The New York Public Library Desk Reference

The New York Public Library Desk Reference
Author: New York Public Library
Publisher: Hyperion
Total Pages: 1024
Release: 2002-11-20
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

While it is difficult to corroborate that this is "the most trusted resource for frequently sought information," this update of the 1998 almanac-encyclopedia covers a potpourri of facts about the physical world, the sciences, ideas, the ways we communicate, daily life (from etiquette to useful websites), recreation (including allowable two-letter Scrabble words), and politics. Includes a preface describing this distinguished library, and a new atlas and index. The original copyright is 1989. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

American Cinema of the 1930s

American Cinema of the 1930s
Author: Ina Rae Hark
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2007-06-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0813543037

Probably no decade saw as many changes in the Hollywood film industry and its product as the 1930s did. At the beginning of the decade, the industry was still struggling with the transition to talking pictures. Gangster films and naughty comedies starring Mae West were popular in urban areas, but aroused threats of censorship in the heartland. Whether the film business could survive the economic effects of the Crash was up in the air. By 1939, popularly called "Hollywood's Greatest Year," films like Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz used both color and sound to spectacular effect, and remain American icons today. The "mature oligopoly" that was the studio system had not only weathered the Depression and become part of mainstream culture through the establishment and enforcement of the Production Code, it was a well-oiled, vertically integrated industrial powerhouse. The ten original essays in American Cinema of the 1930s focus on sixty diverse films of the decade, including Dracula, The Public Enemy, Trouble in Paradise, 42nd Street, King Kong, Imitation of Life, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Swing Time, Angels with Dirty Faces, Nothing Sacred, Jezebel, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Stagecoach .

Character-Based Film Series Part 1

Character-Based Film Series Part 1
Author: Terry Rowan
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2016-04-09
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1365021289

A group of films on a character-based series, which include Andy Hardy, Benji, Billy Jack, Blondie, Captain Nemo, Dr. Kildare, The Falcon, Francis the Talking Mule, Harry Potter, Henry Aldrich, Jason Voorhees, Jungle Jim. The Lone Ranger, Ma 8 Pa Kettle, Matt Dillon, Michael Myers, Robin Hood, Santa Claus, Superman, Tarzan and Zorro. These and other characters make this interesting book