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Silver Screen Classics by Ef Clark
RRP: $12.84SciFier: $12.38Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781545198285Author Ef ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint -
June Mathis: The Rise and Fall of a Silent Film Visionary Thomas J Slater 9781985901926
RRP: $60.30SciFier: $56.05Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781985901926Author Thomas J SlaterFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint -
Otto Preminger by Foster Hirsch
RRP: $46.83SciFier: $34.29Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813152905Author Foster HirschFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint -
Wild Bill Wellman by William Wellman
RRP: $40.13SciFier: $38.57Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813180939Author William WellmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 658Imprint -
The Warner Brothers by Chris Yogerst (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
RRP: $37.45SciFier: $26.52Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781985902305Author Chris YogerstFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint -
Ryan's Daughter: The Making of an Irish Epic Paul Benedict Rowan 9780813183664
RRP: $26.73SciFier: $24.16Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813183664Author Paul Benedict RowanFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint -
Ridley Scott by Vincent LoBrutto
RRP: $42.88SciFier: $40.31With celebrated works such as Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, and Gladiator, Ridley Scott has secured his place in Hollywood. This legendary director and filmmaker has had an undeniable... -
Mean...Moody...Magnificent! by Christina Rice
SciFier: $37.59Jane Russell's acting career was launched on one of the most notorious publicity campaigns in the history of cinema for The Outlaw, a film produced and ultimately directed by Howard Hughes. Russell... -
The Marxist and the Movies by Larry Ceplair
RRP: $72.29SciFier: $35.71As part of its effort to rid the nation of Communist influence and infiltration, the House Un-American Activities Committee subpoenaed hundreds of actors, screenwriters, producers, and directors with... -
Ernest Lehman: The Sweet Smell of Success Jon Krampner 9780813195957
SciFier: $68.58One of the most successful writers in Hollywood, Ernest Lehman penned some of the most iconic and memorable scenes to ever grace the silver screen. Hailed by Vanity Fair as "perhaps the greatest... -
Lewis Milestone by Harlow Robinson
RRP: $42.88SciFier: $41.55This comprehensive biography is the first to present Lewis Milestone's remarkable life -- a classic rags-to-riches American narrative -- in full and explores his many acclaimed films from the silent... -
Hawks on Hawks by Joseph McBride
RRP: $30.82SciFier: $29.47"I read Hawks on Hawks with passion. I am very happy that this book exists." -- Francois TruffautHoward Hawks (1896--1977) is often credited as being the most versatile of all of the great American... -
Mae Murray by Michael G. Ankerich
RRP: $64.99SciFier: $50.10Mae Murray (1885--1965), popularly known as "the girl with the bee-stung lips," was a fiery presence in silent-era Hollywood. Renowned for her classic beauty and charismatic presence, she rocketed to... -
Music, Performance, and the Realities of Film: Shared Concert Experiences in Screen Fiction Ben Winters 9781138630499
SciFier: $67.88This book examines the relationship between narrative film and reality, as seen through the lens of on-screen classical concert performance. By investigating these scenes, wherein the performance of... -
Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical Larry Ceplair 9780813146805
SciFier: $61.24James Dalton Trumbo (1905--1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American... -
Picturing Peter Bogdanovich: My Conversations with the New Hollywood Director Peter Tonguette 9780813147314
RRP: $46.83SciFier: $40.00In 1971, Newsweek heralded The Last Picture Show as "the most impressive work by a young American director since Citizen Kane." Indeed, few filmmakers rivaled Peter Bogdanovich's popularity over... -
Vitagraph: America's First Great Motion Picture Studio Andrew A. Erish 9780813181196
SciFier: $45.35Vitagraph: America's First Great Motion Picture Studio is the first comprehensive examination of the company most responsible for defining and popularizing the American movie. Vitagraph was among the... -
Being Hal Ashby by Nick Dawson
SciFier: $37.12Hal Ashby set the standard for subsequent independent filmmakers by crafting unique, thoughtful, and challenging films that continue to influence new generations of directors. Initially finding... -
The Warner Brothers by Chris Yogerst
SciFier: $51.07One of the oldest and most recognizable studios in Hollywood, Warner Bros. is considered a juggernaut of the entertainment industry. Since its formation in the early twentieth century, the studio has... -
Bruce Dern by Bruce Dern
RRP: $30.82SciFier: $29.01One of Hollywood's biggest personalities, Bruce Dern is not afraid to say what he thinks. He has left an indelible mark on numerous projects, from critically acclaimed films to made-for-TV movies and... -
Hitchcock's Partner in Suspense by Charles Bennett
SciFier: $46.42With a career that spanned from the silent era to the 1990s, British screenwriter Charles Bennett (1899--1995) lived an extraordinary life. His experiences as an actor, director, playwright, film and... -
Vitagraph: America's First Great Motion Picture Studio Andrew A. Erish 9780813195346
SciFier: $37.47In Vitagraph, Andrew A. Erish provides a comprehensive examination and reassessment of the company most responsible for defining and popularizing the American movie. This history challenges... -
Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder Gene D. Phillips 9780813125701
SciFier: $52.25One of the most accomplished writers and directors of classic Hollywood, Billy Wilder (1906--2002) directed numerous acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year... -
Saul Bass by Jan-Christopher Horak
SciFier: $46.35Iconic graphic designer and Academy Award--winning filmmaker Saul Bass (1920--1996) defined an innovative era in cinema. His title sequences for films such as Otto Preminger's The Man with the... -
Raoul Walsh by Marilyn Ann Moss
SciFier: $47.69Raoul Walsh (1887--1980) was known as one of Hollywood's most adventurous, iconoclastic, and creative directors. He carved out an illustrious career and made films that transformed the Hollywood... -
Jayne Mansfield by Eve Golden
RRP: $42.88SciFier: $35.09The first definitive biography of tragicomic sex symbol Jayne Mansfield, one of the most colorful and eccentric movie stars of the 1950s-60s. The book examines both her life and her career, detailing... -
Warren Oates by Susan A. Compo
RRP: $53.53SciFier: $45.55Though he never quite reached the lead actor status he worked so relentlessly to achieve, Warren Oates (1928-1982) is known today as one of the most memorable and skilled character actors of the... -
They Made the Movies by James Bawden
SciFier: $50.20For decades, James Bawden and Ron Miller have established themselves as maestros of provocative interviews, giving fans unmatched insights into the lives of Hollywood A-listers. In their fourth... -
Harry Langdon by Gabriella Oldham
RRP: $58.29SciFier: $50.37Among silent film comedians, three names stand out -- Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd -- but Harry Langdon indisputably deserves to sit among them as the fourth "king." In films such... -
Hitchcock and the Censors John Billheimer 9780813180540
SciFier: $37.57Throughout his career, Alfred Hitchcock had to deal with a wide variety of censors attuned to the slightest suggestion of sexual innuendo, undue violence, toilet humor, religious disrespect, and all... -
You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet by James Bawden
RRP: $45.56SciFier: $31.20Journalists James Bawden and Ron Miller spent their careers interviewing the greatest stars of Hollywood's golden age. They visited Lee Marvin at home and politely admired his fishing trophies,... -
Hollywood Divided by Kevin Brianton
RRP: $64.99SciFier: $32.35On October 22, 1950, the Screen Directors Guild (SDG) gathered for a meeting at the opulent Beverly Hills Hotel. Among the group's leaders were some of the most powerful men in Hollywood -- John... -
My Life in Focus by Gianni Bozzacchi
RRP: $58.29SciFier: $46.42When Gianni Bozzacchi accepted an assignment as a photographer on the set of The Comedians (1967), he didn't know that his life was about to change forever. His ability to capture the beauty of... -
My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington George Stevens 9780813195247
SciFier: $69.63George Stevens Jr. grew up on movie sets. His grandmother, aunts, uncles, and other family members were all entertainers, but it was his father, director George Stevens Sr., who cast the longest... -
Hitchcock and the Censors John Billheimer 9780813177427
SciFier: $61.28Throughout his career, Alfred Hitchcock had to deal with a wide variety of censors attuned to the slightest suggestion of sexual innuendo, undue violence, toilet humor, religious disrespect, and all... -
Strictly Dynamite by Eve Golden
SciFier: $50.20Before Salma Hayek, Eva Longoria, and Penelope Cruz, there was Lupe Velez-one of the first successful Latin-American Hollywood stars, who swept past the xenophobia of Old Hollywood to pave the way... -
Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era James Bawden 9780813174389
RRP: $36.11SciFier: $35.66James Bawden: Seeing the way people behave when they're around you, is it still fun being Cary Grant?Cary Grant: I don't like to disappoint people. Because he's a completely made-up character and I'm... -
Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical Larry Ceplair 9780813169736
RRP: $43.55SciFier: $43.13James Dalton Trumbo (1905--1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American...