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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. "Can't act. Slightly bald. Also dances," was the reaction of one official. Thus began the amazing film career of one of the world's most celebrated dancers. Astaire: The Man, The Dancer captures the elegance and mystique of the most recognized and loved figures ever to dance across the silver screen. During nearly eighty years in every major entertainment medium, he has persevered and excelled. He never quit, never passed up an opportunity to push himself and to dance to new levels of achievement. The first complete, up-to-date biography - is a fitting tribute to the man and his art. Condition: Light extremity wear. Jacket edge… Read More

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 that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against their officers. Battleship Potemkin was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World's Fair in 1958. In 2012, the British Film Institute named it the eleventh-greatest film of all time. Condition: Occasional underlining, corners gently bumped, pages lightly age toned else a very good copy.

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 else a very good to fine copy in a near fine jacket.

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 nominated for numerous awards, winning an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 film The Color of Money, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy Award, and many others. Newman's other films include The Hustler (1961), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) as Butch Cassidy, The Sting (1973), and The Verdict (1982). However, he is perhaps best remembered for his role as the title character in Cool Hand Luke (1967).Corners bumped. Jacket price clipped, spine ends and corners chipped, light edge wear with some closed tears else a very good copy in like jacket.

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 and writer. He starred in numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including La Strada, The Guns of Navarone, Zorba the Greek, Guns for San Sebastian, Lawrence of Arabia, The Message and Lion of the Desert. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice: for Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Lust for Life in 1956. Condition: Moderate rubbing to extremities. Jacket spine ends and edges chipped, closed edge tears, soiled, fold over edges rubbed else a very good copy in a good jacket.

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 identified himself with Ivan, to be written and directed by the filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein. Part I was released in 1944; however, Part II was not released until 1958, as it was banned on the order of Stalin, who became incensed over the depiction of Ivan therein. Eisenstein had developed the scenario to require a third part to finish the story but, with the banning of Part II, filming of Part III was stopped; after Eisenstein's death in 1948, what had been completed was destroyed. Condition: Underlining through out, edge wear else a very good copy.

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 the deeply moving story of her twenty-five-year love affair with Tracy. Here is a vivid portrait of the most elegant, independent, and tempestuous star to grace the screen. Over a half million copies sold. Condition: Extremities rubbed. Jacket edge wear with closed tears, fold over flap creased else a very good copy in like jacket.

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 of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against their officers. Battleship Potemkin was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World's Fair in 1958. The film is set in June 1905; the protagonists of the film are the members of the crew of the Potemkin, a battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. Eisenstein divided the plot into five acts, each with its own title: Act I: Men and Maggots; Act II: Drama on the Deck Edge wear, some underlining. Act III: A Dead Man Calls for Justice; Act IV: The Odessa Steps; and Act V: One… Read More

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 each director there is a complete filmography including television work, a career summary, a critical assessment, and behind-the-scenes production information. Seventy-nine directors are covered in especially lengthy entries and a short history of the science fiction film genre is also included. Condition: A fine copy issued without jacket.

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.