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Publisher
Anker Productions Inc
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This documentary examines the American film and television industry's response to the rise of Adolph Hitler and the Nazi persecution of the Jews before, during, and after World War II.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Special edition, standard version.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Silent movies are giving way to talking pictures, and a hoofer-turned-matinee idol is caught in that bumpy transition, as well as his buddy, prospective ladylove and shrewish co-star"--Container.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ben is an overburdened movie producer. He tries to balance his life and has to contend with the never-ending demands of 2 ex-wives, his ice-queen studio head, and a menagerie of various Hollywood prima donnas. Ben manages to take it all in stride. He copes by exuding a smoothly assuring demeanor. The only thing that really seems to upset Ben is when he discovers that his ex-wife sleeps with one of his colleagues.
47) American cinema
Publisher
Annenberg Media
Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (542 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An epic analysis of the American motion picture industry that combines rare archival film, key scenes from immortal movies, interviews with leading filmmakers and commentary from noted film scholars and critics.
Author
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 226 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Featuring a wealth of extracts from famous and infamous American movies, Scorsese offers a provocative multifaceted portrait of Hollywood film directors as he charts a comprehensive course through the rich history of the American cinema.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Renowned producer, director, and B-movie showman Charles Band takes readers on a wild romp through Hollywood's decidedly un-Oscarworthy underbelly, where mayhem and zombies reign supreme, and cheap thrills and entertainment are king." --
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An exploration of Jean Seberg's career from the brilliant filmmaker Mark Rappaport. Mary Beth Hurt portrays Jean Seberg, who reflects on her life as it is illustrated through her work. It follows her as she is plucked from obscurity to star in Otto Preminger's Saint Joan (1957), to the critical drubbing that followed, her resurrection as a star in Godard's Breathless (1960) and through her death in 1979. A revelatory interrogation of film history,...
51) Good times
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Husband-and-wife singers Sonny and Cher could not be hotter, they even have an offer to star in a movie. Trouble is, Cher does not want to do it and the script stinks. Now Sonny has ten days to write a new script. He has great ideas, he could be a cowboy, the king of the jungle or a private eye. But he still has to convince his dynamite babe to sing the same tune!
Publisher
Deutchman Company Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Donald Rugoff, the crazy genius who kicked art films into the mainstream in the 1960's and 1970's with outrageous marketing schemes and pure bluster. Rugoff's impact on cinema culture in the United States is inestimable, and his influence on the art film business is undeniable. Yet, mysteriously, Rugoff has become a virtually forgotten figure.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From Snow White to Moana, the animated films of Walt Disney Studios have moved and entertained millions. But few fans know that behind these groundbreaking features was an incredibly influential group of women who fought for respect in an often ruthless male-dominated industry and who have slipped under the radar for decades. Holt shows how these women infiltrated the boys' club of Disney's story and animation departments and used early technologies...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 287 pages : maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"With years of experience with every major film studio and network, and dozens of successful screenplays, Andy knows the business. He's here to debunk the big screen and teach you how to write a blockbuster screenplay and, equally important, how to sell it. Andy has worked with the best: Ron Howard, Tom Hanks, David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg to name a few. He has filled this book with real-life examples to learn from, including contracts, screenplays,...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xii, 344 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's emblem, which has opened thousands of movies since 1924, is the most recognized corporate symbol in the world. Not just in the entertainment industry, it should be noted, but of any industry, anywhere, in the history of human civilization. But MGM has been a competitively insignificant force in the motion picture industry for nearly as long as it once, decades ago, dominated that industry. In fact, the MGM lion now presides...
58) Women make film
Publisher
Entertainment One Film USA
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays (840 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An epic exploration of cinema history through the lens of some of the world's greatest directors, all of them women. Four years in the making and told in 40 chapters, this inspiring fourteen-hour road trip is narrated by Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Debra Winger, Adjoa Andoh, Kerry Fox, Thandie Newton, and Sharmila Tagore. This epic historical journey explores life, love, politics, humor, and death.
59) The last tycoon
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A penetrating glimpse at big studio politics in the early days of Hollywood; a spectacular translation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's notorious novel.
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xvi, 218 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
For more than thirty years, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody entertained audiences across the United States and Europe with his Wild West show. Scores of books have been written about Cody's fabled career as a showman, but his involvement in the film industry -- following the dissolution of his traveling show -- is less well known. In this book, Sandra K. Sagala chronicles the fascinating story of Cody's venture into filmmaking during the early cinema...
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