Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film (Screen Classics)
By: Alan K. Rode
4.24
Format: 630 pages, Hardcover
The first biography of the greatest filmmaker that nobody knows. Academy Award-winning director …
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1. Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning
By: David J. Skal , Elias Savada
4.07
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
One of the most original and unsettling filmmakers of all time -- thecreator of the horror classics… read more
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2. The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era
By: Steven Bach , Thomas Schatz
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
At a time when the studio is making a stunning comeback, film historian Thomas Schatz provides an i… read more
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3. My Ántonia
By: Willa Cather
4.07
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
Through Jim Burden's endearing, smitten voice, we revisit the remarkable vicissitudes of immigrant … read more
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4. Act One
By: Woody Allen , Moss Hart
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Dramatic Story that Capitvated a Generation With this new edition, the classic best-selling aut… read more
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- biography memoir
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5. Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America
By: Steven J. Ross
3.91
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
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- nonfiction
- history
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6. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light
By: Patrick McGilligan
3.91
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Lightis the definitive biography of the Master of Suspense… read more
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7. The Expendable Man
By: Dorothy B. Hughes
4.00
Format: 16 pages, Paperback
The critic HRF Keating chose The Expendable Manas one of his Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books. '… read more
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8. Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America: A Biography
By: William E. Gienapp
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America, historian William Gienapp provides a remarkably concise, … read more
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9. John Wayne: The Life and Legend
By: Scott Eyman
3.99
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on interviews that author Scott Eyman conducted with John Wayne before his death and more t… read more
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10. The Portrait of a Lady
By: Henry James , Patricia Crick
3.79
Format: 797 pages, Paperback
When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touche… read more
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"She has only one fault; too many ideas."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"If one is strong, one loves the more strongly."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
11. As Time Goes By
By: Derek Taylor
3.61
Format: 223 pages, Paperback
Derek Taylor's iconic memoir is a rare opportunity to be immersed in one of the most whirlwind musi… read more
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12. Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage
By: Jeffrey Frank
3.46
Format: 272 pages,
A groundbreaking narrative of the relationship between Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon--from th… read more
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13. 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
14. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
15. Face It
By: Debbie Harry
3.61
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
‘I was saying things in songs that female singers didn’t really say back then. I wasn’t submissive … read more
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"To this day, when the band separates at the airport and we all go our different ways, I still get that gut reaction. Separation. I hate parting with people and i hate goodbyes."-Debbie Harry, Face It
"I would just walk around, not looking for anything particular, looking for everything really, and ingesting and digesting it all. Art, music, theater, poetry, and the sense that everything was up for…"-Debbie Harry, Face It
"Coincidence: it's supposed to mean just these random, disconnected events that concur or collide. But coincidence is not that at all. It's the stuff that's meant to be. Things that are supposed to be…"-Debbie Harry, Face It
"I wanted to be platinum blond. On our black-and-white television and at the theater where they screened technicolor movies, there was something about platinum hair that was so luminescent and excitin…"-Debbie Harry, Face It
16. 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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- audiobook
17. Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again
By: Shigeru Kayama
3.80
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The first English translations of the original novellas about the iconic kaijū Godzilla Godzilla em… read more
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18. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
By: Griffin Dunne
4.19
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more
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"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
19. Larry McMurtry: A Life
By: Tracy Daugherty
4.25
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
A biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry fr… read more
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20. 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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21. 20th Century-Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio (Turner Classic Movies)
By: Scott Eyman
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential s… read more
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22. The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1: 1969-73
By: Allan Kozinn
4.46
Format: 720 pages, Hardcover
In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, The McCartney Legacy, Vol. 1: 1969-73 captures t… read more
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23. Hollywood: The Oral History
By: Jeanine Basinger
4.04
Format: 768 pages, Paperback
The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine … read more
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24. Kubrick: An Odyssey
By: Robert P. Kolker
4.26
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey , The Shining , and A Clockwork Or… read more
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25. Garbo
By: Robert Gottlieb
3.57
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice One of Literary Hub's most anticipated books of 2021Aw… read more
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26. The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando
By: William J. Mann
4.09
Format: 736 pages, ebook
Entertainment Weekly's BIG FALL BOOKS PREVIEW Selection Best Book of 2019 -- Publisher's Weekly B… read more
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27. Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film (Screen Classics)
By: Alan K. Rode
4.24
Format: 630 pages, Hardcover
The first biography of the greatest filmmaker that nobody knows. Academy Award-winning director … read more
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28. Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards
By: John Dorney
3.98
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, the Best Picture w… read more
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29. Fly By Night: The Secret Story of Steven Spielberg, Warner Bros, and the Twilight Zone Deaths
By: Steven Chain
3.33
Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition
FLY BY NIGHT is about the helicopter crash on the set of "Twilight The Movie" – the Warner Bros. f… read more
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30. Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World
By: Wil Haygood
4.34
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR • BOOKLISTS' EDITOR'S CHOICE • ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOO… read more
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31. Fun In a Chinese Laundry
By: Josef Von Sternberg
3.87
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
The brilliant director's personal summary (1894-1969) of his chaotic ride through the Hollywood mac… read more
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