Warner Bros.: Hollywood's Ultimate Backlot
By: Steven Bingen
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Movie studios are the wondrous, almost magical locales where not just films, but legends, are creat…
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Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
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By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
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Format: None pages, Paperback
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Format: 3 pages, Hardcover
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5. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
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Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
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6. The Nineties
By: Chuck Klosterman
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Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
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Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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8. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family
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9. No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality
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11. Warner Bros.: Hollywood's Ultimate Backlot
By: Steven Bingen
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Movie studios are the wondrous, almost magical locales where not just films, but legends, are creat… read more
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