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Legitimate Cinema: Theatre Stars in Silent British Films, 1908-1918 by Jon Burrows 9780859897259
RRP: £75.00£63.33This is the first new book-length study of British cinema of the 1910s to be published for over fifty years, and it focuses on the close relationship between the British film industry and the Edwardian theatre. Why were so many West End legends such as... -
The Greatest War Films of All Time: A Quiz Book by Andrew J. Rausch 9780806524702
RRP: £11.99£10.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806524702Author Andrew J. RauschFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Citadel PressPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 438gDimensions(mm) 198mm... -
Cinema and History by Marc Ferro 9780814319055
RRP: £26.95£24.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814319055Author Marc FerroFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Wayne State University PressPublisher Wayne State University PressWeight(grams) 294g -
Fire (Poetry by Rumi) Volume 1 by Abbas Kiarostami 9780990530893
£73.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990530893Author Abbas KiarostamiFormat HardbackPage Count 552Imprint Sticking Place BooksPublisher Sticking Place BooksWeight(grams) 875gDimensions(mm)... -
The Hispanic Image on the Silver Screen: An Interpretive Filmography from Silents into Sound, 1898-1935 by Richard Alfred 9780313278327
£75.69This 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 four separate indexes. This is a study of Hollywood's... -
Watching Them Be: Star Presence on the Screen from Garbo to Balthazar by James Harvey 9780865478329
RRP: £13.99£11.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865478329Author James HarveyFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plWeight(grams)... -
The Picture of Health: Medical Ethics and the Movies by Henri Colt 9780199735365
RRP: £48.99£39.13Film and literature have long been mined for interesting examples and case studies in order to teach biomedical ethics to students. This volume presents a collection of about 80 very brief, accessible essays written by international experts from... -
Abject Terrors: Surveying the Modern and Postmodern Horror Film by Tony Magistrale 9780820470566
RRP: £28.10£25.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820470566Author Tony MagistraleFormat PaperbackPage Count 213Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 320g -
The Cross and the Cinema: The Legion of Decency and the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures, 1933-1970 by James M. Skinner 9780275941932
£85.99Skinner reveals how the Roman Catholic Church, through its agency, the National Legion of Decency, dominated the American film censorship scene in tandem with the Production Code Administration. In its heyday in the 1930s and 40s, the Legion claimed a... -
Anne Baxter: A Bio-Bibliography by Karin J. Fowler 9780313275432
£75.18Actress Anne Baxter made her Broadway debut at age thirteen and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in films at age twenty-three. In a long and successful career on stage, screen, radio, and television, she played her most memorable roles as... -
Donna Reed: A Bio-Bibliography by Brenda Scott Royce 9780313268069
£40.16Donna Reed has been called everyone's favorite mother and her recognition as such has stood the test of time. But before she became known as the ultimate mom for her role on The Donna Reed Show, Miss Reed was already a veteran film actress with almost... -
The Last Modernist: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos by Andrew Horton 9780313305641
£67.97Theo Angelopoulos is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive contemporary filmmakers and a highly idiosyncratic film stylist. His work, from the early 1970s to The Beekeeper, Landscape in the Mist, The Suspended Step of the Stalk and the recent... -
An Index to Short and Feature Film Reviews in the Moving Picture World: The Early Years, 1907-1915 by Annette M. D'Agostino 9780313293818
£75.18The Moving Picture World magazine was the industry standard during the silent cinema era. This is the first index compiled for all the films reviewed in the early volumes of this journal. In 1916, the magazine itself began providing an index to film... -
The American War Film: History and Hollywood by Frank McAdams 9780275968717
£86.51McAdams provides the first extensive synthesis of American and world history with the war film genre. He demonstrates how the war film reflects the currents of history of the time with actual events portrayed and in dramatic plot points.Beginning with... -
Satyajit Ray: A Study of His Films by Ben Nyce 9780275926663
£85.99With 26 films to his credit and numerous international prizes, Satyajit Ray is India's most recognized filmmaker--yet, no extended study of his films has previouly been published in English in the West. Ben Nyce examines each of Ray's films in close... -
Spanish Film and the Postwar Novel: Reading and Watching Narrative Texts by Norberto Minguez-Arranz 9780275975791
£85.99The novel and the film are two modes of representation based on different aesthetic tools, but both are capable of articulating narrative discourses. In Spanish Film and the Postwar Novel, author Norberto Minguez-Arranz offers a comparative analysis of... -
Encyclopedia of Film Noir by Geoff Mayer 9780313333064
£94.23When viewers think of film noir, they often picture actors like Humphrey Bogart playing characters like Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, the film based on the book by Dashiell Hammett. Yet film noir is a genre much richer. The authors first examine the... -
Hippies, Skinheads, Rastas, Punks & Disco Dancing Bowie Boot Boys: Screening Youth Subcultures 1967-1985 by Ian Dobson 9780993431418
£19.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993431418Author Ian DobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Flowmotion PressPublisher Flowmotion PressWeight(grams) 599gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm... -
The Beginnings Of The Cinema In England,1894-1901: Volume 2: 1897 by John Barnes 9780859895194
RRP: £75.00£63.33Describing in detail one of the most inventive periods in the history of English cinema, the volumes in this celebrated series are already established as classics in their field. Each volume details the highlights of a single cinematic year, including... -
Bottom Feeders by John Hubner 9780385512992
RRP: £18.11£14.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385512992Author John HubnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 655g -
Generation Xbox: How Videogames Invaded Hollywood by Jamie Russell 9780956507242
£11.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956507242Author Jamie RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Yellow AntPublisher Yellow AntWeight(grams) 486gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm -
From Box Office to Ballot Box: The American Political Film by M. Keith Booker 9780275991227
£58.18Given the complexity and expense of making and distributing a film, the process of filmmaking is by its very nature a political process. Moreover, given the power and persuasiveness of the cinema as a medium, film can be a powerful political tool. It... -
Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland by Per Olov Qvist 9780313303777
£94.75This volume adds Sweden and Finland to the growing list of countries included in Greenwood Press' Reference Guides to the World's Cinema series. Both well known and other important but less known persons and films are included in the reference work which... -
Movies and the Modern Psyche by Sharon Packer 9780275993597
£58.18By looking at the interactions between cinema and psychology, Packer offers readers clear and basic insights into some of the most fundamental reasons why film is such an important influence upon our lives today. Movies and the Modern Psyche first... -
The X List: The National Society of Film Critics' Guide to the Movies That Turn Us On by Jami Bernard 9780306814457
£21.10National Society of Film Critics dares to go where few mainstream critics have gone before-to the heart of what gets the coloured lights going, as they say in A Streetcar Named Desire . Here is their take on the films that quicken their (and our)... -
Montgomery Clift: A Bio-Bibliography by Mary C. Kalfatovic 9780313286032
£75.18Post 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 adolescents and single young adults began to constitute... -
Great Hollywood Wit: A Glorious Cavalcade of Hollywood Wisecracks, Zingers, Japes, Quips, Slings, Jests, Snappers, & Sass from the Stars by Gene Shalit 9780312282738
RRP: £13.99£11.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312282738Author Gene ShalitFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm)... -
Cinematic Savior: Hollywood's Making of the American Christ by Stephenson Humphries-Brooks 9780275984892
£67.97From Cecil B. DeMille's production of King of Kings in 1927, to Mel Gibson's recent The Passion of the Christ, films that discuss the meaning of Jesus have provoked interest, discussion, and reevaluation on a large scale. Hollywood films that deal with... -
Films of Stephen King by Michael R. Collings 9780930261108
£12.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780930261108Author Michael R. CollingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Starmont House Inc.,U.S.Publisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)... -
Populism and the Capra Legacy by Wes D. Gehring 9780313261831
£67.97Traditionally identified with screwball comedies, Frank Capra has seldom been considered a conduit for populist concerns and issues. In this book, Gehring examines the influence of both Will Rogers and Frank Capra on modern populist movies, providing... -
Screwball Comedy: A Genre of Madcap Romance by Wes D. Gehring 9780313246500
£67.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313246500Author Wes D. GehringFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc -
Errol Flynn: A Bio-Bibliography by Peter Valenti 9780313229848
£62.82Peter Valenti presents an objective evaluation of Flynn's impact on both American popular culture and the development of motion pictures. The book begins with a brief biography of the actor, followed by a complete history of his screen, radio, and... -
Steven Spielberg: A Biography by Kathi Jackson 9780313337963
£40.16Steven 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 effects of many of the biggest blockbusters in movie... -
Robert Wise: A Bio-Bibliography by Frank T. Thompson 9780313278129
£40.16The first book-length study of the career of the director of such classic films as The Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story, and The Sound of Music, this volume combines thorough cast and crew credits, critical responses, awards and nominations,... -
Signifying Female Adolescence: Film Representations and Fans, 1920-1950 by Georganne Scheiner 9780275968953
£85.99Motion pictures have been one of the forces that have both shaped and reproduced adolescent femininity. Films not only reflect culture-they help to create it. So it is worth looking at films to see what messages they gave girls-and adults-about what... -
Annual Index to Motion Picture Credits 1978. by Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences 9780313209505
£76.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authormsey /f VernaBook InformationISBN 9780313209505Author Academy of Motion Picture Arts & SciencesFormat HardbackPage Count 443Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher... -
By Angels Driven: The Films of Derek Jarman by Chris Lippard 9780275957650
£41.19Derek Jarman was one of the most innovative British filmmakers of his generation. Working largely outside the British film establishment and within tight budgetary constraints, he produced a series of features and shorter films that are highly personal... -
Imps of the Perverse: Gay Monsters in Film by Michael Saunders 9780275957612
£67.97Hollywood movies often portray gay people as being in some sense monstrous. This volume focuses on several filmmakers who have used the trope of the homosexual as monster in a way that subverts traditional cinema. Their movies reveal that the monster can... -
Psychological Reflections on Cinematic Terror: Jungian Archetypes in Horror Films by James F. Iaccino 9780275944919
£85.99In this examination of the psychology of terror, Iaccino uses Jungian archetypes to analyze significant works in the horror film genre. In the past, Jungian archetypes have been used to interpret mythologies, to examine great works of literature, and to... -
Native Features: Indigenous Films from Around the World by Houston Wood 9780826428455
£33.26This book explores the varying contexts in which indigenous filmmaking takes place and how they challenge some of the basic assumptions of viewers.Though interest in indigenous feature-length films has expanded greatly in recent years, there is as yet no...