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286 pages with index. Duodecimo (7" x 4 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. This work is an "attempt at objective film criticism which is simultaneously highly personal." Discusses Eisenstein, Renoir, Bunuel, Bergman, Fellini, & Godard. Condition: Underlining throughout, previous owner's name on front wrapper verso, corners bumped, edge wear else a good copy.

104 pages with photographs and film clips. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Translated from the Russian by Gordon R Aitken. First published in 1968. Battleship Potemkin sometimes rendered as Battleship Potyomkin, is a 1925 Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and produced by Mosfilm. It presents a dramatized version of the mutiny… Ler mais sobre este item

xix+244 pages with index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 6") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Later printing. With Charles Higham, Katharine Hepburn first authorized a writer to interview her closest friends and colleagues about her career, life, and behind-the-scenes romantic involvements from Leland Hayward to Spencer Tracy. And she herself tells… Ler mais sobre este item

256 pages with frontispiece, photographs and film stills. Quarto (11 1/4" x 8 3/4") bound in original quarter black cloth with red lettering to spine over white boards in pictorial jacket. Foreword by Arthur Kennedy. First edition. Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001), more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was an American actor, painter… Ler mais sobre este item

viii+759 pages with frontispiece, film stills, photographs, bibliography and index. quarto (11 1/4" x 8 3/4") bound in original publisher's dark green cloth with silver lettering to spine and cover. First edition. This enormous and exhaustive reference book has entries on every major and minor director of science fiction films from the inception of cinema (circa 1895) through 1998. For… Ler mais sobre este item

104 pages with photographs and film stills. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Translated from the Russian by Gillon R Aitken. Simon and Schuster Classic Film Scripts. First edition. Battleship Potemkin, sometimes rendered as Battleship Potyomkin, is a 1925 Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and produced by Mosfilm. It presents a dramatized version… Ler mais sobre este item

256 pages with frontispiece, photographs and film stills. Quarto (11 1/4" x 8 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter yellow-gold cloth with black lettering to spine over red boards in original pictorial jacket. Revised edition. Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, IndyCar driver, entrepreneur, activist, and philanthropist. He won and was… Ler mais sobre este item

xi+340 pages with figures, illustrations, photographs, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine over white boards in original pictorial jacket. Foreword by Peter Bart. First edition. In January, 1933, a young Broadway star named Fred Astaire entered the RKO studios for a screen test.… Ler mais sobre este item

264 pages with photographs and movie stills. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2) bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Translated by Ivor Montogue and Herbert Marshall, edited by Ivor Montogue. Simon and Schuster Classic Film Scripts. First edition. Ivan the Terrible is a two-part historical epic film about Ivan IV of Russia commissioned by Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, who admired and… Ler mais sobre este item

190 pages with film stills (some in color) and index. Quarto (11 3/4" x 8 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial boards with white lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Gives cast, credits, and plot summaries for the best silents, westerns, comedies, musicals, epics, thrillers, romances, and fantasy, horror, war, and art films. Condition: Jacket price clipped… Ler mais sobre este item