Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Ruled the Movies (Turner Classic Movies)
By: Mark A. Vieira
4.01
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Filled with rare images and untold stories from filmmakers, exhibitors, and moviegoers, Forbidden H…
Want to Read $ 15.99"These are the facts of pre-Code Hollywood. The story behind it is monumental, because it deals with struggle for power. The stakes were high: the billion-dollar market for America's sixth-largest industry. The market was mostly Protestant. The industry was mostly Jewish-run. Yet a Midwest Catholic minority gained control. This is the story of *Forbidden Hollywood.*"-Mark A. Vieira, Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Ruled the Movies (Turner Classic Movies)
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1. The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
By: Raymond Chandler
4.19
Format: 379 pages, Paperback
Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out… read more
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"To say goodbye is to die a little."-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
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"I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars."-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
2. Walt Disney: An American Original
By: Walt Disney Company , Bob Thomas
4.32
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
Walt Disney is an American hero--the creator of Mickey Mouse, and a man who changed the face of Ame… read more
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3. The Cutie (Hard Case Crime #53)
By: Donald E. Westlake
4.26
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Originally published in 1960 as The Mercenaries. SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY Mavis St. P… read more
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4. Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence
By: Carol Berkin
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the … read more
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5. The Postman Always Rings Twice
By: James M. Cain
3.72
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Cain's first novel - the subject of an obscenity trial in Boston and the inspiration for Camus's Th… read more
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6. Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood
By: Mick LaSalle
3.85
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
In the pre-Code Hollywood era, between 1929 and 1934, women in American cinema took lovers, had bab… read more
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7. Inspector Cadaver
By: Georges Simenon
2.83
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Maigret's old colleague becomes an unexpected rival in book twenty-four of the new Penguin Maigret … read more
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8. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
By: Henry Farrell
4.43
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
Book jacket: Baby Jane, a child star of early vaudeville, resented having to grow up in the shadow … read more
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9. Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
By: William J. Mann
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Day of the Locustmeets The Devil in the White Cityand Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evilin… read more
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11. The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.99
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin… read more
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12. In the Still of the Night: The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds and Her Mother's Unceasing Quest for the Truth
By: Blair Brown , Ann Rule
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Audio CD
Ann Rule has followed a lovely young woman who had realized her childhood dream of being a police o… read more
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13. All About All About Eve: The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made!
By: Sam Staggs
4.12
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
To millions of fans, All About Everepresents all that's witty and wonderful in classic Hollywood mo… read more
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14. Turner Classic Movies: The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter
By: Robert Osborne , Jeremy Arnold
4.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
Showcasing 52 Essential films from the golden age to the present, Turner Classic Movies invites you… read more
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15. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
By: Ed Zwick
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more
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"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
16. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
By: David Zucker
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more
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17. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
By: Matt Singer
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more
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18. A Fiancée's Guide to First Wives and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #4)
By: Dianne Freeman
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In Dianne Freeman's lighthearted mystery series set in Victorian England, the American-born Countes… read more
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19. A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #3)
By: Dianne Freeman
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A 2020 Agatha Award Nominee In Dianne Freeman's charming Victorian-era mystery series, Frances W… read more
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20. The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
By: Mallory O'Meara
3.98
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The Lady from the Black Lagoon uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrick—one of Disney’s first… read more
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"Having a new tattoo really sucks,"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
"To the privileged, equality feels like oppression"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
"One hundred percent of the top American films of 1954, the year Creature from the Black Lagoon was released, were directed by men. Ninety-six percent of the top American films for 2016, the year I st…"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
"Milicent Patrick’s final resting place is in every single Creature from the Black Lagoon T-shirt, every Metaluna Mutant toy, every VHS tape of Fantasia, every DVD of The Shape of Water. It’s on the d…"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
21. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
By: Michael Schulman
4.09
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more
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22. This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories (Turner Classic Movies)
By: Carla Valderrama
4.22
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In this one-of-a-kind Hollywood history, Carla Valderrama -- creator of Instagram's celebrated @Thi… read more
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23. DCeased: Dead Planet
By: Tom Taylor
4.11
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Five years after the end of the world...anti-life goes on in this sequel to the smash-hit series DC… read more
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24. Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century
By: Dana Stevens
4.19
Format: 432 pages, ebook
Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, and NPR In this genre-defying work … read more
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25. The Devil's Playground
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3.88
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A riveting 1920s Hollywood thriller about the making of the most terrifying silent film ever made, … read more
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26. What Really Happens in Vegas: True Stories of the People Who Make Vegas, Vegas
By: James Patterson
3.78
Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas—until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling … read more
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27. Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Ruled the Movies (Turner Classic Movies)
By: Mark A. Vieira
4.01
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Filled with rare images and untold stories from filmmakers, exhibitors, and moviegoers, Forbidden H… read more
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28. Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob
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4.08
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The over-the-top memoir of a real-life mobster-turned-actor who helped make The Godfather a reality… read more
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29. Hollywood Victory: The Movies, Stars, and Stories of World War II (Turner Classic Movies)
By: Christian Blauvelt
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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30. The Essentials Vol. 2: 52 More Must-See Movies and Why They Matter (Turner Classic Movies)
By: Jeremy Arnold
4.32
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A guide to fifty-two examples of must-see cinema, The Essentials Vol. 2 -- based on the Turner Clas… read more
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31. Murder Out Yonder: An Informal Study of Certain Classic Crimes in Back-Country America
By: Stewart Hall Holbrook
4.14
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Praised by Kirkus Reviews as "a brisk, colorful, and cleverly recounted selection of ten crimes," t… read more
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