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Film It with Music by Thomas S. Hischak
SciFier: £68.49This encyclopedic reference to the American movie musical identifies and describes the musicals and the artists who made them. Film entries range from the legendary The Jazz Singer in 1927 to... -
Steven Spielberg by Kathi Jackson
SciFier: £34.99Steven Spielberg is hailed as one of the most influential and commercially successful film directors in motion picture history. Through his role in developing, directing, and driving the special... -
Annual Index to Motion Picture Credits 1981 by Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
SciFier: £69.49General accessibility to motion picture credit information continues with Annual Index to Motion Picture Credits, 1981 the fourth issue to be published by Greenwood Press. The Academy collects... -
Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema by Christophe P. Jacobs
SciFier: £68.99The latest offering from the Reference Guides to the World's Cinema series, this critical survey of key films, actors, directors, and screenwriters during the silent era of the American cinema offers... -
The Frankenstein Film Sourcebook by Caroline Picart
SciFier: £68.99The endurance of the Frankenstein narrative as a modern cinematic myth is undeniable. Its flexibility has produced classic and contemporary horror film-most notably the Universal films of the... -
Hollywood's Image of the South by David Ebner
SciFier: £56.99From the 1920s and 1930s, when American cinema depicted the South as a demi-paradise populated by wealthy landowners, glamorous belles, and happy slaves, through later, more realistic depictions of... -
Clockworks by Thomas P. Dunn
SciFier: £68.49This volume provides an annotated list of works related to the interaction of humans and machines in SF, a field which includes science fiction, some fantasy and horror, and related types of... -
Marguerite Duras: A Bio-Bibliography Prof Robert Harvey (Stony Brook University, USA) 9780313288982
SciFier: £56.99Born in a northern suburb of Saigon in 1914, Marguerite Duras became one of the most prolific and analyzed figures in 20th-century French literature and film. She earned initial fame with her novel,... -
W. C. Fields by Wes D. Gehring
SciFier: £58.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.All students of the 'Great Man's'career will have to rely on this work... Perhaps Gehring's greatest contributio here is his... -
Orson Welles by Brett Wood
SciFier: £68.99This new work contains the most comprehensive bibliography of Orson Welles' work and material written on Welles. It presents a concise history of Welles' life and career, paying special attention to... -
James Stewart by Gerard Molyneaux
SciFier: £68.99The bio-bibliography of one of America's most beloved actors, James Stewart spans six decades of his career. The detailed biography chronicles Stewart's youth in Indiana, Pennsylvania, records his... -
Boris Karloff by Beverly Bare Buehrer
SciFier: £68.99This reference work on Boris Karloff presents a comprehensive record of the life and career of this famous performer. The volume begins with a biography, which succinctly presents the facts of... -
Lauren Bacall by Brenda Scott Royce
SciFier: £68.99Lauren Bacall's life has been widely covered by the media ever since her screen debut in To Have and Have Not with Humphrey Bogart in 1944. This volume is a comprehensive critical guide to all... -
Agnes Moorehead: A Bio-Bibliography Lynn Kear 9780313281556
SciFier: £58.49This bio-bibliography provides an overview of the life and career of the noted actress Agnes Moorehead. A brief biography discusses her midwestern upbringing as well as her academic background and... -
Cary Grant by Beverly Bare Buehrer
SciFier: £56.99Cary Grant, one of the most enduring stars in the history of Hollywood history, is the subject of this unique bio-bibliography that places equal emphasis on the actor's professional and private lives... -
Gregory Peck by Gerard Molyneaux
SciFier: £68.99Born in 1916 in La Jolla, California, Gregory Peck took up acting in college on a lark that would lead to a career. In his early years, he appeared in a series of summer stock engagements and... -
Al Jolson by James Fisher
SciFier: £68.99From the early days of his stage career in the decades before World War I through his unparalleled comeback after World War II, Al Jolson was billed as The World's Greatest Entertainer. This book... -
Montgomery Clift by Mary Kalfatovic
SciFier: £68.99Post World War II America saw a return to prosperity and the rise of a significant youth-culture. Television began to replace movies as the chief source of entertainment for the general public, and... -
Harold Lloyd by Annette M. D'Agostino
SciFier: £68.99One of the most significant contributors to the early years of the motion picture industry, Harold Lloyd was also a shrewd businessman and became the wealthiest man in Hollywood at the peak of his... -
Julie Andrews: A Bio-Bibliography Les Spindle 9780313262234
SciFier: £35.99Spindle's reference chronicles the professional career of one of the world's most loved performers, Julie Andrews. An all-in-one resource, the volume presents a comprehensive and accurate profile of... -
Tallulah Bankhead by Jeffrey Carrier
SciFier: £58.49Tallulah Bankhead was an actress whose talents were greatly overshadowed by her antics. Indeed, the Bankhead personality was much better known than her acting roles. While it is impossible to study... -
Frankencrayon by Michael Hall
SciFier: £13.89Ingenuity and surprise rule in this funny and colorful companion to Red: A Crayon's Story written and illustrated by Michael Hall, the New York Times-bestselling creator of My Heart Is Like a Zoo. ... -
A Guide to American Silent Crime Films Daniel Finn 9780313288586
SciFier: £68.49The immense popularity of movies has its roots in the silent films of the early 1900s, this being especially true of the crime genre. The authors of this Guide have compiled for the first time in one... -
Jon Stewart by Michael Blitz
SciFier: £36.99This biography profiles Jon Stewart, television's most incisive deliverer of the fake news. As the host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he has attracted a vast audience that sees him as one of... -
John Wayne by Judith Riggin
SciFier: £35.99John Wayne--the man, actor, and icon--remains synonymous with certain American values. He represents conservative political views, aggressive militarism, and a masculine bravado which seemed... -
Charlie Chaplin: A Bio-Bibliography Wes D. Gehring 9780313232886
SciFier: £56.99Product information not available.The biography is as good an introduction to Chaplin's life and films as has been published. The bibliographical essay ... offers clear and reliable evaluations of... -
A Guide to Films on the Korean War by Paul M. Edwards
SciFier: £97.99Written by a knowledgeable film critic and Korean War scholar, this is the only guide exclusively devoted to the study of Hollywood and television films based on the Korean War, 1950-1953. It opens... -
Memorable Film Characters by Estelle Bornstein
SciFier: £58.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.A fascinating one-volume reference source that identifies and describes the key characters (and their performers) from some of... -
Blacks in Film and Television by John Gray
SciFier: £68.99This is a comprehensive guide to the black experience both on film and behind the camera. More than 6,000 entries documenting global film activity from 1919 to 1990 offer historical perspective on... -
The Hispanic Image on the Silver Screen by Alfred Richard
SciFier: £69.49This is the first collection of more than 1,800 films dealing with Hispanic topics, themes, and characters arranged chronologically from 1898 to 1935, with indepth annotations, cross-references and... -
Contemporary Hollywood's Negative Hispanic Image by Alfred Richard
SciFier: £68.99An annotated filmography of more than 3,000 entries each focusing on the film's Hispanic content, connection, or characters. Four separate indexes, more than 6,000 cross references, and as many film... -
Imperial War Museum Film Catalogue I by Roger Smither
SciFier: £88.99The First World War film archive at the Imperial War Museum, London, is one of the oldest in the world, celebrating its 75th anniversary in 1994. It comprises official films produced by Great... -
A Guide to Charlie Chan Films by Charles P. Mitchell
SciFier: £68.99There are over fifty Chan films and an additional three Spanish language Chan films. This guide reviews the forty-four extant Chan films. Entries, alphabetically arranged, include a unique annotated... -
American Film Cycles by Larry Langman
SciFier: £68.49Examining 40 cycles or themes and more than 1,000 silent films, the author attempts to discern how the screen reflected contemporary social, political, and national trends during the silent years... -
Movie Musicals on Record by Richard C. Lynch
SciFier: £68.99This discography provides a comprehensive listing of the songs from motion picture musicals, and the singers who performed them on commercially available albums. Covering the period from The Jazz... -
Opera Mediagraphy by Sharon G. Almquist
SciFier: £58.49Opera Mediagraphy lists operas released as motion pictures, both as theatrical feature films on 35mm film and educational films on 16mm film and videorecordings, including the VHS videotape format... -
The American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia Thomas S. Hischak 9780313307379
SciFier: £68.99Following the successful, The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia (Greenwood, 1995), this new encyclopedia reviews in-depth individual songs written for the American musical film over the past... -
Celluloid Wars by Stephen Curley
SciFier: £68.49This easy-to-use guide explores the relationships between film images and the experience of war, showing how films influence war-time behavior and how wars influence films. This unique reference... -
Guide to African Cinema Sharon A. Russell 9780313296215
SciFier: £56.99Intended as a guide to the filmmakers and films of the African cinema, this reference book also provides the framework for understanding the history and development of African film with respect to... -
Catalogue of Forbidden German Feature and Short Film Productions by John F. Kelson
SciFier: £56.99Compiled as a tool for re-educating the population of the three western zones of Occupation, this catalog lists 395 features, feature-length documentaries, and short films that were forbidden for...