I used to have a lot more movie/tv related books than this. But I have weaned them down over the years. Most of these I have not read but intend to. PICTURE is Lillian Ross' story about the making of THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, which she was witness to. The four I have read and loved are PICTURES OF A REVOLUTION, THE MOVIE MUSICAL and the bio on Rock Hudson. I am rereading CITY OF NETS now, It's about Hollywood in the forties. I have read at MOVIE LOVE IN THE FIFTIES and MAD MEN.
FIVE CAME BACK is the story of five directors who went off to war and came back to make a new kind of movie. EASY RIDER, RAGING BULL is about how the summer blockbuster changed Hollywood. ELIA KAZAN, A LIFE is the one you can't read.
Do you have a collection on any particular subject? I have a few more.
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That's really interesting, Patti, that you have a collection like that. I wouldn't say I have 'a collection,' but I do like history, so several of my books are either about history, or are historical novels.
I have collections on business and economics. But, I'm in the process of giving them away. I used them when I was in the classroom, but those days are gone for good.
I also have at least a hundred books on Literature. I acquired them when I was working on my PhD. Do I need them all? Probably not. During the next few months, I'll have to weed that collection.
Libraries and bookstores are scheduled to open here in June. That will give me outlets to "gift" boxes of boxes that I've already sorted and decided to part with.
I hate to admit this, but I have too many books.
Nice, Patti. I can't think of any specific subject on which I have several or many books. Have a half dozen books about the Civil War, but I'd hardly call it a collection. The same with books on cars, and I have many books on artists and illustrators, but again, not really a collection.
I have bought as many new ones in the last two months as ever before in that period.
I used to have a huge movie book collection too. When I worked in the Village in the early '70s, I was a couple of blocks from Cinemabilia, a bookstore that specialized in movies. I got a lot of early stuff there - Andrew Sarris, Pauline Kael, etc. They had a lot of British publications and I bought a ton of them. Peter Bogdanovich did books on - and interviews with - John Ford and Allan Dwan. Stuart Kaminsky, who went on to be a top mystery writer, wrote a book I read called Don Siegel, Director. I book a bunch of big, coffee table type books (most in trade paperback) about various directors and studios. I have some large hardbacks too. I bought a bunch of books about bad movies and horror movies and...
Let's see what is on the shelf.
Paul Michael, ed. Te American Movies Reference Book: The Sound Era. Covers 600 Actors, over 1,000 films, 50 directors...up to 1969, when the book came out. Lots of credits. Hardback.
David Shipman, The Great Movie Stars: THe Golden Years. 181 stories, each gets bio material, movies in order, etc. Another large hardback.
The Warner Brothers Golden Anniversary Book. Complete filmography, 1923-1972. Trade pb.
Michael Weldon, The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film. Trade pb.
Leslie Halliwell, Halliwell's Film Guide, Second Edition.Trade pb. Also revised, expanded third edition.
Jon Tuska, The Detective in Hollywood. Large hardback.
John Stanley, Creature Features Movie Guide.Trade pb.
The Phantom of the Movies, The Phantom's Ultimate Video Guide. Trade pb.
David Pirie, A Heritage of Horror: The English Gothic Cinema 1946-1972. Trade pb.
The next group all mass market size: (I found these hidden in a bookcase)
Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide. I used to buy every edition of this and go through it page by page, underlining every movie I'd seen, and making lists of movies I wanted to see. I have three late editions left, dumped the rest.
Peter Bogdanovich, John Ford.
Bogdanovich, Allan Dwan.
I & E Cameron, The Heavies.
Cameron, Dames. Books about character actors and actresses, with filmographies.
Allen EYles, The Western, An Illustrated Guide. Filmographies.
Denis Gifford, British Cinema, An Illustrated Guide.
The Hollywood Professionals:
Vol. 1 Michael Curtiz/Raoul Walsh/Henry Hathaway.
Vol. 2 Henry King/Lewis Milestone/Sam Wood.
Vol. 3 Howard Hawks/Frank Borzage/Edgar G. Ulmer.
Andrew Sarris, American Cinema, Directors and Directions 1929-1968.
Stuart M. Kaminsky, Don Siegel: Director.
Don Miller, B Movies.
As you can probably deduce, if it had a list and/or a filmography, I bought it.
My mouth is watering, Jeff. I used to have all of the Kael books, and a bunch of others too. Moving four times made me too willing to donate.
Jeff, do you ever listen to the podcast YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS? She is doing Polly Platt now. She was married to Bogdonavich, who dumped her for Cybil.
Never did.
I used to have the Kael books but loaned them to someone who kept them.
If you want to read any of the books listed, let me know and I will be happy to send them once that is feasible.
I had a lot of film books but got rid of most of them over the years. I read City of Nets years ago. I liked it a lot.
I have the two Mark Harris books waiting to be read. My husband read them and then passed them on to me. He has a lot of movie books. The Movie Musical he especially liked.
I have a large number of mystery reference books (and gardening and crocheting books). And I collect vintage paperbacks when I can afford them but am trying to cut back on that. But otherwise I just have a huge number of fiction books, mostly mystery and mostly unread.
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